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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
2
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1990-4-19
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pubmed:abstractText |
This study explored the use of process tracing techniques in examining the decision-making processes of older and younger adults. Thirty-six college-age and thirty-six retirement-age participants decided which one of six cars they would purchase on the basis of computer-accessed data. They provided information search protocols. Results indicate that total time to reach a decision did not differ according to age. However, retirement-age participants used less information, spent more time viewing, and re-viewed fewer bits of information than college-age participants. Information search patterns differed markedly between age groups. Patterns of retirement-age adults indicated their use of noncompensatory decision rules which, according to decision-making literature (Payne, 1976), reduce cognitive processing demands. The patterns of the college-age adults indicated their use of compensatory decision rules, which have higher processing demands.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Mar
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pubmed:issn |
0022-1422
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
45
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
P75-8
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:2179392-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:2179392-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:2179392-Aging,
pubmed-meshheading:2179392-Automobiles,
pubmed-meshheading:2179392-Decision Making,
pubmed-meshheading:2179392-Decision Support Techniques,
pubmed-meshheading:2179392-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:2179392-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:2179392-Information Systems,
pubmed-meshheading:2179392-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:2179392-Mental Processes,
pubmed-meshheading:2179392-Time Factors
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pubmed:year |
1990
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Age differences in decision making: a process methodology for examining strategic information processing.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536-0086.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study
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