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The Influence of Contextual Cues in Judgment Formation: An Ecologically Valid Test
An ecologically valid experiment investigated the propositions that (a) people’s judgments are influenced by contextual cues, (b) that they are often unaware that those cues influenced them, and (c) that even when they know the cues should influence them, they do not readily incorporate those cues i...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4841522/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27105148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154383 |
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description | An ecologically valid experiment investigated the propositions that (a) people’s judgments are influenced by contextual cues, (b) that they are often unaware that those cues influenced them, and (c) that even when they know the cues should influence them, they do not readily incorporate those cues into their judgment formation. After participating in a realistic simulation of a shopping experience, 405 consumers made judgments about whether the product they examined contained fresh or preserved grapefruit sections. Our findings show that despite being aware that contextual cues (such as the location within a store where the product is sold, the type of container it is sold in, and whether the container is chilled or not) generally influence the judgment at hand, people generally fail to realize that their specific judgments were influenced at all. These findings replicate prior studies, thereby extending the generalizability and robustness of prior research. |
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spelling | pubmed-48415222016-04-29 The Influence of Contextual Cues in Judgment Formation: An Ecologically Valid Test Jacoby, Jacob Galak, Jeff PLoS One Research Article An ecologically valid experiment investigated the propositions that (a) people’s judgments are influenced by contextual cues, (b) that they are often unaware that those cues influenced them, and (c) that even when they know the cues should influence them, they do not readily incorporate those cues into their judgment formation. After participating in a realistic simulation of a shopping experience, 405 consumers made judgments about whether the product they examined contained fresh or preserved grapefruit sections. Our findings show that despite being aware that contextual cues (such as the location within a store where the product is sold, the type of container it is sold in, and whether the container is chilled or not) generally influence the judgment at hand, people generally fail to realize that their specific judgments were influenced at all. These findings replicate prior studies, thereby extending the generalizability and robustness of prior research. Public Library of Science 2016-04-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4841522/ /pubmed/27105148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154383 Text en © 2016 Jacoby, Galak http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Jacoby, Jacob Galak, Jeff The Influence of Contextual Cues in Judgment Formation: An Ecologically Valid Test |
title | The Influence of Contextual Cues in Judgment Formation: An Ecologically Valid Test |
title_full | The Influence of Contextual Cues in Judgment Formation: An Ecologically Valid Test |
title_fullStr | The Influence of Contextual Cues in Judgment Formation: An Ecologically Valid Test |
title_full_unstemmed | The Influence of Contextual Cues in Judgment Formation: An Ecologically Valid Test |
title_short | The Influence of Contextual Cues in Judgment Formation: An Ecologically Valid Test |
title_sort | influence of contextual cues in judgment formation: an ecologically valid test |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4841522/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27105148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154383 |
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