{"title":"Failure to Replicate the Unconscious Thought Advantages","authors":"Vladim\u00edra \u010cavojov\u00e1, Eva Ballov\u00e1 Miku\u0161kov\u00e1","volume":91,"journal":"International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering","pagesStart":2079,"pagesEnd":2085,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/9998689","abstract":"
In this study we tried to replicate the unconscious
\r\nthought advantage (UTA), which states that complex decisions are
\r\nbetter handled by unconscious thinking. We designed an experiment
\r\nin e-prime using similar material as the original study (choosing
\r\nbetween four different apartments, each described by 12 attributes).
\r\nA total of 73 participants (52 women (71.2%); 18 to 62 age:
\r\nM=24.63; SD=8.7) took part in the experiment. We did not replicate
\r\nthe results suggested by UTT. However, from the present study we
\r\ncannot conclude whether this was the case of flaws in the theory or
\r\nflaws in our experiment and we discuss several ways in which the
\r\nissue of UTA could be examined further.<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1] Dijksterhuis, A., &Nordgren, L. F. (2006). A Theory of Unconscious\r\nThought. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 1(2), 95\u2013109.\r\n[2] Dijksterhuis, A. (2004). Think different: the merits of unconscious\r\nthought in preference development and decision making. Journal of\r\npersonality and social psychology, 87(5), 586\u201398. doi:10.1037\/0022-\r\n3514.87.5.586\r\n[3] Strick, M., Dijksterhuis, A., Bos, M. W., Sjoerdsma, A., van Baaren, R.\r\nB., &Nordgren, L. F. (2011). A Meta-Analysis on Unconscious Thought\r\nEffects. Social Cognition, 29(6), 738\u2013762.\r\ndoi:10.1521\/soco.2011.29.6.738\r\n[4] Nieuwenstein, M., & van Rijn, H. (2012). The unconscious thought\r\nadvantage: Further replication failures from a search for confirmatory\r\nevidence. Judgment and Decision Making, 7(6), 779\u2013798.\r\n[5] Pacini, R., & Epstein, S. (1999). The relation of rational and experiential\r\ninformation processing styles to personality, basic beliefs, and the ratiobias\r\nphenomenon. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76(6),\r\n972\u2013987.\r\n[6] Bos, M. W., Dijksterhuis, A., & Van Baaren, R. B. (2008). On the goaldependency\r\nof unconscious thought. Journal of Experimental Social\r\nPsychology, 44, 1114\u20131120.\r\n[7] Queen, T. L., & Hess, T. M. (2010). Age differences in the effects of\r\nconscious and unconscious thought in decision making. Psychology and\r\nAging, 25, 251\u2013261.\r\n[8] Usher, M., Russo, Z., Weyers, M., Brauner, R., &Zakay, D. (n.d.). The\r\nimpact of the mode of thought in complex decisions: Intuitive decisions\r\nare better. Frontiers in Psychology. doi:10.3389\/fpsyg.2011.00037\r\n[9] Acker, F. (2008). New findings on unconscious versus conscious\r\nthought in decision making: Additional empirical data and metaanalysis.\r\nJudgment and Decision Making, 3, 292\u2013303.\r\n[10] Lassiter, G. D., Lindberg, M. J., Gonzalez-Vallejo, C., Belleza, F. S., &\r\nPhillips, N. D. (2009). The deliberation-without attention effect:\r\nEvidence for an artifactual interpretation. Psychological Science, 20,\r\n671\u2013675.\r\n[11] Rey, A., Goldstein, R. M., &Perruchet, P. (2009). Does unconscious\r\nthought improve complex decision making? Psychological Research, 73,\r\n372\u2013379.\r\n[12] Thorsteinson, T. J., &Withrow, S. (2009). Does unconscious thought\r\noutperform conscious thought on complex decisions? A further\r\nexamination. Judgment and Decision Making, 4, 235\u2013247.\r\n[13] Van De Wiel, M. W. J., Boshuizen, H. P. A., Meeuwesen, E. W.,\r\n&Wiers, R. W. (2009). Expertise Effects on Immediate, Deliberate and\r\nUnconscious Thought in Complex Decision Making. In Proceedings of\r\nthe 31stAnnual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 733\u2013\r\n738). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.\r\n[14] Waroquier, L., Marchiori, D., Klein, O., &Cleeremans, A. (2009).\r\nMethodological pitfalls of the unconscious thought paradigm. Judgment\r\nand Decision Making, 4, 601\u2013610.\r\n[15] Waroquier, L., Marchiori, D., Klein, O., &Cleeremans, A. (2010). Is it\r\nbetter to think unconsciously or to trust your first impression? A\r\nreassessment of unconscious thought theory. Social Psychological &\r\nPersonality Science, 1, 111\u2013118.\r\n[16] Han\u00e1k, R., Sirota, M., &Juanchich, M. (2013). Experts Use\r\nCompensatory Strategies More Often Than Novices In Hiring Decisions.\r\nStudiaPsychologica, 55(4), 251-264.\r\n[17] Gl\u00f6ckner, A., &Witteman, C. (2010). Foundation for tracing intuition:\r\nmodels, findings, categorizations. In A. Gl\u00f6ckner& C. Witteman (Eds.),\r\nFoundation for tracing intuition: Challenges and Methods (pp. 1\u201323).\r\nHove and New York: Psychology Press.","publisher":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology","index":"Open Science Index 91, 2014"}