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Poon, Neo (2022) Psychological processes behind phenomena in multialternative choices and public opinions. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
In decision research, it has been accepted that investigating the cognitive processes underlying human behaviours is as important as studying choices and judgements themselves (Johnson et al., 2008; Schulte-Mecklenbeck et al., 2017). In this thesis, I present my findings on the psychological processes of well-known phenomena in two subfields of behavioural science, including multialternative choices and public opinions. For multialternative choices, with two process-tracing methods, I examined how processes at different cognitive levels contribute to producing the attraction effect (Huber et al., 1982; Simonson, 1989), which resulted in the first two papers in my thesis. For public opinions, by analysing the behaviours of individuals on online platforms over time, I investigated how psychological processes related to echo chambers (Sunstein, 2001, 2007) and confrontation (Karlsen et al., 2017) influenced online engagement and discussed their implications for political polarisation. The third paper in my thesis was developed based on these results.
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Decision making -- Psychological aspects, Public opinion, Judgment, Information behavior | ||||
| Official Date: | June 2022 | ||||
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| Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
| Theses Department: | Warwick Business School | ||||
| Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
| Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
| Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Isoni, Andrea ; Mullett, Timothy L. ; Luckman, Ashley | ||||
| Sponsors: | Warwick Business School | ||||
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| Extent: | vi, 122 leaves : illustrations | ||||
| Language: | eng |
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