POSTDECISION DISSONANCE AT POST TIME

@article{citeulike:1370755, abstract = {INVESTIGATED POSTDECISIONAL DISSONANCE REDUCTION PROCESSES FOLLOWING A COMMITMENT TO BET ON A HORSE IN THE NATURAL SETTING OF A RACE TRACK. IN EXP. 1, 69 \$2 WIN BETTORS RATED THE CHANCE THAT THE HORSE THEY HAD SELECTED WOULD WIN THE FORTHCOMING RACE, AND 72 OTHER SS PROVIDED RATINGS IMMEDIATLEY AFTER MAKING A \$2 WIN BET. ON A 7-POINT RATING SCALE PREBET SS GAVE A MEDIAN RATING OF 3.48, CORRESPONDING TO A "FAIR CHANCE OF WINNING"; POSTBET SS GAVE A MEDIAN RATING OF 4.81, CORRESPONDING TO A "GOOD CHANCE OF WINNING." THIS DIFFERENCE WAS SIGNIFICANT BEYOND THE .01 LEVEL. THE GENERAL FINDINGS WERE REPLICATED IN EXP. II IN WHICH HARNESS RACE PATRONS RATED HOW CONFIDENT THEY FELT ABOUT THEIR SELECTED HORSE JUST BEFORE OR JUST AFTER BETTING. RESULTS FROM BOTH STUDIES PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR FESTINGER'S THEORY IN A REAL LIFE SETTING AND INDICATE THAT DISSONANCE REDUCING PROCESSES MAY OCCUR RAPIDLY FOLLOWING COMMITMENT TO A DECISION. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)}, author = {Knox, Robert E. and Inkster, James A. }, citeulike-article-id = {1370755}, journal = {Journal of Personality and Social Psychology}, keywords = {biases, psychology}, month = {April}, number = {4, Part 1}, pages = {319--323}, posted-at = {2007-06-07 16:55:40}, priority = {2}, title = {POSTDECISION DISSONANCE AT POST TIME}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6X01-4NPKJ71-1/2/63bf229ea9ee2a8c8e0cd86005ffe926}, volume = {8}, year = {1968} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1370755 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1370755 TI - POSTDECISION DISSONANCE AT POST TIME JF - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology VL - 8 IS - 4, Part 1 SP - 319 EP - 323 N2 - INVESTIGATED POSTDECISIONAL DISSONANCE REDUCTION PROCESSES FOLLOWING A COMMITMENT TO BET ON A HORSE IN THE NATURAL SETTING OF A RACE TRACK. IN EXP. 1, 69 $2 WIN BETTORS RATED THE CHANCE THAT THE HORSE THEY HAD SELECTED WOULD WIN THE FORTHCOMING RACE, AND 72 OTHER SS PROVIDED RATINGS IMMEDIATLEY AFTER MAKING A $2 WIN BET. ON A 7-POINT RATING SCALE PREBET SS GAVE A MEDIAN RATING OF 3.48, CORRESPONDING TO A "FAIR CHANCE OF WINNING"; POSTBET SS GAVE A MEDIAN RATING OF 4.81, CORRESPONDING TO A "GOOD CHANCE OF WINNING." THIS DIFFERENCE WAS SIGNIFICANT BEYOND THE .01 LEVEL. THE GENERAL FINDINGS WERE REPLICATED IN EXP. II IN WHICH HARNESS RACE PATRONS RATED HOW CONFIDENT THEY FELT ABOUT THEIR SELECTED HORSE JUST BEFORE OR JUST AFTER BETTING. RESULTS FROM BOTH STUDIES PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR FESTINGER'S THEORY IN A REAL LIFE SETTING AND INDICATE THAT DISSONANCE REDUCING PROCESSES MAY OCCUR RAPIDLY FOLLOWING COMMITMENT TO A DECISION. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved) KW - biases KW - psychology AU - Knox, Robert AU - Inkster, James PY - 1968/04// UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6X01-4NPKJ71-1/2/63bf229ea9ee2a8c8e0cd86005ffe926 ER -