2021
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbab126
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Is Reliance on the Affect Heuristic Associated With Age?

Abstract: Objectives With age, decision makers rely more on heuristic and affect-based processing. However, age differences have not been quantified with respect to the affect heuristic which derives judgments based on positive and negative feelings towards stimuli and concepts. The present study examined whether reliance on the affect heuristic is associated with age, whether these patterns vary by task type, and which covariates account for age effects. … Show more

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“…Either mechanism could explain why older people might prefer to avoid deep reflection about climate change, and instead form climate policy opinions in accordance with their political ideology. That said, there is only limited evidence that older adults preferentially rely on political ideology, choice constraint or other decision-making shortcuts [ 45 ], while other authors do not find age-related differences [ 59 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Either mechanism could explain why older people might prefer to avoid deep reflection about climate change, and instead form climate policy opinions in accordance with their political ideology. That said, there is only limited evidence that older adults preferentially rely on political ideology, choice constraint or other decision-making shortcuts [ 45 ], while other authors do not find age-related differences [ 59 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This study is part of a broader, ongoing program of research that examines age differences in the engagement with decision-relevant information and the decision process as a whole (for an overview, see Löckenhoff, 2018). Among other questions, this research has examined whether younger and older adults differ in the preferential acquisition of information based on its formatting and valence (e.g., Löckenhoff & Carstensen, 2007, 2008; Nolte et al, 2022), the avoidance of both hypothetical and real-world information (e.g., Deng et al, 2022; Nolte et al, 2021), and the construal of information on the basis of one’s feelings (e.g., Nolte & Löckenhoff, 2021).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%