Taking advice: accepting help, improving judgment, and sharing responsibility

Article Abstract:

A study to find out why people take advice revealed three separate reasons for doing so. First, people hesitate to totally reject advice; second, people seem to make the effort to use more experienced advice to increase their own judgements; finally, when the risk associated with making a mistake is high, judges think doubly hard, before making a decision. Advice-taking can therefore be modeled on sharing responsibility, improving judgment and accepting help.

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Analysis, Responsibility, Judgments, Judgments (Law), Help-seeking behavior, Help seeking behavior

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Comparison opportunity and judgment revision

Article Abstract:

Issues discussing the revision of prior evaluations are discussed, with focus on the comparison of the target against the competitor.

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Using advice and assessing its quality

Article Abstract:

Issues concerning the ways people receive advice, how they judge its quality and how they use it are presented.

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