Personal involvement and strategies for making contingency judgments: A stake in the dating game makes a difference.

• DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.49.1.22
• Publication Date: 2005-09-15T07:53:19Z
• Authors: Allan R. Harkness; Kenneth G. DeBono; Eugene Borgida
• Keywords: Contingency; Social approval

To examine the relation between degree of involvement in a task and complexity strategy subject applies to task, we randomly assigned 48 female university volunteers either dating condition (high-involvement) or one two (low-involvement) control conditions. These subjects performed covariation judgment for which likelihood their using simple complex strategies was calculated. High-involvement used more tended be accurate. data are discussed terms functionality human information processing, heuristic analyses inference strategies, importance considering level personal performance.