The limited use of the fluency heuristic : converging evidence across different procedures


Pohl, Rüdiger F. ; Erdfelder, Edgar ; Michalkiewicz, Martha ; Castela, Marta ; Hilbig, Benjamin E.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-016-0622-y
URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304992426...
Weitere URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27383467
Dokumenttyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Titel einer Zeitschrift oder einer Reihe: Memory & Cognition
Band/Volume: 44
Heft/Issue: 7
Seitenbereich: 1114-1126
Ort der Veröffentlichung: Heidelberg [u.a.]
Verlag: Springer
ISSN: 0090-502X , 1532-5946
Sprache der Veröffentlichung: Englisch
Einrichtung: Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > GESS - CDSS (SOWI)
Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften > Kognitive Psychologie u. Differentielle Psychologie (Erdfelder 2002-2019)
Fachgebiet: 150 Psychologie
Abstract: In paired comparisons based on which of two objects has the larger criterion value, decision makers could use the subjectively experienced difference in retrieval fluency of the objects as a cue. According to the fluency heuristic (FH) theory, decision makers use fluency—as indexed by recognition speed—as the only cue for pairs of recognized objects, and infer that the object retrieved more speedily has the larger criterion value (ignoring all other cues and information). Model-based analyses, however, have previously revealed that only a small portion of such inferences are indeed based on fluency alone. In the majority of cases, other information enters the decision process. However, due to the specific experimental procedures, the estimates of FH use are potentially biased: Some procedures may have led to an overestimated and others to an underestimated, or even to actually reduced, FH use. In the present article, we discuss and test the impacts of such procedural variations by reanalyzing 21 data sets. The results show noteworthy consistency across the procedural variations revealing low FH use. We discuss potential explanations and implications of this finding.




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