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Decker KA, Lord CG, Holland CJ. Communicating beyond the information given can make the communicator's attitudes toward a social group more extreme. THE JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2024; 164:531-548. [PMID: 36226679 DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2022.2133678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Three experiments tested how communicating attributes of initially liked or disliked groups might create more extreme attitudes. We gave non-neutral participants information about previously unknown groups and asked them to write social media posts describing the group to others. Participants who wrote social media posts to friends (Experiment 1, n = 332) or undecided strangers (Experiments 2 and 3, ns = 113 and 816) exaggerated and elaborated on initial information, subsequently reporting more extreme attitudes. These effects, mediated by extremity of associations to the target group, were interpreted as consistent with theory and research on going beyond the information given. (100 words).
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Khambatta P, Mariadassou S, Morris J, Wheeler SC. Tailoring recommendation algorithms to ideal preferences makes users better off. Sci Rep 2023; 13:9325. [PMID: 37291232 PMCID: PMC10250302 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-34192-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023] Open
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People often struggle to do what they ideally want because of a conflict between their actual and ideal preferences. By focusing on maximizing engagement, recommendation algorithms appear to be exacerbating this struggle. However, this need not be the case. Here we show that tailoring recommendation algorithms to ideal (vs. actual) preferences would provide meaningful benefits to both users and companies. To examine this, we built algorithmic recommendation systems that generated real-time, personalized recommendations tailored to either a person's actual or ideal preferences. Then, in a high-powered, pre-registered experiment (n = 6488), we measured the effects of these recommendation algorithms. We found that targeting ideal rather than actual preferences resulted in somewhat fewer clicks, but it also increased the extent to which people felt better off and that their time was well spent. Moreover, of note to companies, targeting ideal preferences increased users' willingness to pay for the service, the extent to which they felt the company had their best interest at heart, and their likelihood of using the service again. Our results suggest that users and companies would be better off if recommendation algorithms learned what each person was striving for and nudged individuals toward their own unique ideals.
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Affiliation(s)
- Poruz Khambatta
- Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
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- Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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Zhong B. Going beyond fact-checking to fight health misinformation: A multi-level analysis of the Twitter response to health news stories. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Desired attitudes guide actual attitude change. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2022.104437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Osakwe CN, Dzandu MD, Amegbe H, Warsame MH, Ramayah T. A two-country study on the psychological antecedents to cryptocurrency investment decision-making. JOURNAL OF GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/1097198x.2022.2132087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Christian Nedu Osakwe
- Rabat Business School, International University of Rabat, Morocco
- University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science, Illovo, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Department of Customs Affairs, South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russia
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- Centre for Digital Business Research, Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, London, UK
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- Department of Marketing and Retail, Faculty of Management Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa
- School of Business, Dominion University College, Accra, Ghana
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- School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia, George Town, Malaysia
- Department of Internet Innovation Research Center, Newhuadu Business School, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
- Department of Management, Sunway University Business School (SUBS), Malaysia
- Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kuching, Malaysia
- Faculty of Accounting and Management, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia
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Integration of TAM Model of Consumers’ Intention to Adopt Cryptocurrency Platform in Thailand: The Mediating Role of Attitude and Perceived Risk. HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES 2022. [DOI: 10.1155/2022/9642998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The purpose of this paper was to propose a model that examined a study adopting the technology acceptance model with additional constructs (i.e., innovativeness) and the mediating role of attitude and perceived risk to use the cryptocurrency platform in Thailand. The data were collected through a questionnaire-based survey (456 usable responses) from consumers in Thailand. A two-step SEM approach (i.e., a measurement model and a structural model) was used to analyze the data. The findings showed a significant positive influence of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, innovativeness, attitude, perceived risk, and cryptocurrency platform adoption. Moreover, attitude mediated the relationship between perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, innovativeness, and cryptocurrency platform adoption. Overall, our results showed that the model of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and innovativeness explained 62.9% of the variance in the intention to use the cryptocurrency platform in Thailand. Our study has contributed to the technology acceptance model and highlighted its effectiveness in explaining the adoption of the cryptocurrency platform in Thailand.
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Requero B, Santos D, Cancela A, Briñol P, Petty RE. Promoting Healthy Eating Practices through Persuasion Processes. BASIC AND APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2021.1929987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Keshavarz H, Vafaeian A, Shabani A. Toward the dialectical evaluation of online information: the roles of personality, self-efficacy and attitude. LIBRARY HI TECH 2021. [DOI: 10.1108/lht-12-2020-0315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Purpose
User behavior in online information evaluation is the result of a multitude of factors related to social, cultural, personal and psychological issues. The present study aimed to examine the effects of three important psychological variables including personality, self-efficacy and attitude on online information evaluation.
Design/methodology/approach
Four validated measures were administrated in person and online among 355 postgraduate students at Shahed University, Tehran, Iran. For testing the possible relationships among the variables, the reliability, normality and Pearson correlation tests were performed by using SPSS 24.0. Moreover, to test the ten hypotheses of the research, the structural equation modeling was considered using AMOS 26.0.
Findings
The findings confirmed the first five research hypotheses indicating the direct positive relationships among the four variables except for the impact of self-efficacy on attitude. The mediated effects of the variables were not supported except for the mediating role of attitude in the impact of personality on online evaluation behavior. The variable personality was found to be fundamental among the tested paths because it influenced the information evaluation behavior, both directly and indirectly.
Originality/value
The study showed the impacts of the three variables, which demonstrates that online information evaluation is greatly affected by psychological factors.
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Self-Persuasion Increases Healthy Eating Intention Depending on Cultural Background. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17103405. [PMID: 32414167 PMCID: PMC7277338 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17103405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Revised: 05/09/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Unhealthy eating behavior has become a global health risk and thus needs to be influenced. Previous research has found that self-persuasion is more effective than direct persuasion in changing attitudes and behavioral intentions, but the influence of the cultural backgrounds of those being persuaded remains unclear. We conducted two studies to investigate the effectiveness of self-persuasion and direct persuasion techniques in promoting healthy eating intention among different ethnicities in the Netherlands. Native Dutch, Moroccan–Dutch, and Turkish–Dutch participated both online and offline. Participants saw a poster with either a self-persuasion message (“Why would you choose healthier food?”) or a direct persuasion message (“Choose healthier food!”), and were then asked to report their intention to eat healthily in the upcoming month. Significant cultural differences were found between native Dutch and Moroccan–Dutch in Study 1, and between the native Dutch and Turkish-Dutch who participated offline in Study 2. Accordingly, cultural background was found to moderate the relationship between persuasion and healthy eating intention among these groups. These results provided preliminary evidence for the moderation effect of persuasion on healthy eating intention: Self-persuasion appears to be more effective for people with an individualistic background, and direct persuasion appears to be more effective for people with a collectivistic background.
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Clark CJ, Winegard BM. Tribalism in War and Peace: The Nature and Evolution of Ideological Epistemology and Its Significance for Modern Social Science. PSYCHOLOGICAL INQUIRY 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/1047840x.2020.1721233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Cory J. Clark
- Department of Psychology, Durham University, Durham, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio
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Carrera P, Fernandez-Sedano I, Muñoz D, Caballero A. Desires matter! Desired attitudes predict behavioural intentions in people who think abstractly: the case of eating products without added salt / ¡Los deseos importan! Las actitudes deseadas predicen las intenciones de comportamiento en las personas que piensan de modo abstracto: El caso del consumo de alimentos sin sal añadida. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/02134748.2019.1583512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Gascó M, Briñol P, Santos D, Petty RE, Horcajo J. Where Did This Thought Come From? A Self-Validation Analysis of the Perceived Origin of Thoughts. PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN 2018; 44:1615-1628. [DOI: 10.1177/0146167218775696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Three experiments examined whether perceiving thoughts as coming from internal versus external origins are more impactful on attitudes. Participants generated either positive or negative thoughts about different attitude objects, including different diets, and plastic surgery. Then, participants were induced to think that their thoughts came from the self or from an external source. In Experiment 1, participants induced to believe their thoughts originated from the self versus an external source relied on them more to form their attitudes. Experiment 2 demonstrated that when the external origin was associated with properties of validity, people relied on their thoughts more than when thoughts were perceived to come from an internal origin associated with low validity. Experiment 3 showed that the impact of thought origin on evaluations was mediated by greater liking for one’s thoughts when they originated in the self.
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