The weight of advice in older age.

Bailey, Phoebe E.; Ebner, Natalie C.; Moustafa, Ahmed A.; Phillips, Joseph R.; Leon, Tarren; Weidemann, Gabrielle

doi:10.1037/dec0000138

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“…Although this meta-analysis did not support an effect of age on advice-taking, only two studies involved participants younger than 18 years of age (Molleman et al, 2021;Rakoczy et al, 2015), and only one study involved older adults (aged 65 years or more; Bailey et al, 2021a). We therefore cannot rule out maturation and socialisation influencing advice-taking prior to reaching young adulthood or in older age.…”

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“…The weight given to advice may decrease from early childhood through adolescence (Molleman et al, 2021;Rakoczy et al, 2015), and then increase again after the age of 65 years (Bailey et al, 2021a). Dual process models of ageing and decision-making suggest reduced deliberation with age and therefore a motivational shift away from autonomous decision-making in young adulthood and towards increased joint decision-making and reliance on others (Peters et al, 2007).…”

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“…JAS studies to date have manipulated participants' perceptions of advisors, and therefore perceptions of advice quality, in a number of ways. They have explicitly referred to advisors as novices or experts with low versus high expertise, respectively (e.g., Bailey et al, 2021a;Meshi et al, 2012). Alternatively, advisors have been described in neutral terms, as other participants, supposedly similar to the current participant (e.g., Gino, 2008;See et al, 2011).…”

Section: Perceived Advice Qualitymentioning

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The degree to which people take advice, and the factors that influence advice-taking, are of broad interest to laypersons, professionals, and policy-makers. This meta-analysis on 346 effect sizes from 129 independent datasets (N = 17, 296) assessed the weight of advice in the judge-advisor system paradigm, as well as the influence of sample and task characteristics. Information about the advisor(s) that is suggestive of advice quality was the only unique predictor of the overall pooled weight of advice. Individuals adjusted estimates by 32%, 37%, and 48% in response to advisors described in ways that suggest low, neutral, or high quality advice, respectively. This indicates that the benefits of compromise and averaging may be lost if accurate advice is perceived to be low quality, or too much weight is given to inaccurate advice that is perceived to be high quality. When examining the three levels of perceived quality separately, advice-taking was greater for subjective and uncertain estimates, relative to objective estimates, when information about the advisor was neutral in terms of advice quality. Sample characteristics had no effect on advice-taking, thus providing no evidence that age, gender, or individualism influence the weight of advice. The findings contribute to current theoretical debates and provide direction for future research.

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“…Other studies have found that more agentic decision makers are more likely to dismiss advice (Schultze et al, 2018‡), that decision makers with a lower need for cognition increase their utilization more in response to emoticons in advisory messages (Duan et al, 2018‡), and that selfish decision makers are more likely to act selfishly when receiving (selfish) advice (Coffman & Gotthard-Real, 2019†; Sapulete et al, 2014†). Participants aged 60 and older utilized advice more than those between the ages of 18 and 37, and older participants with poorer working memory and fluid intelligence were less sensitive to the quality of the advice they received (Bailey et al, 2021‡). Individual differences also appear to qualify the relation between power and utilization: Managers who construed their power as a responsibility were found to be more likely to take advice than those who construed their power as an opportunity (De Wit et al, 2017‡).…”

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A systematic review of empirical studies on advice-based decisions in behavioral and organizational research.

Kämmer¹,

Choshen‐Hillel²,

Müller-Trede³

et al. 2023

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We conducted a systematic review of 143 empirical studies of advice-based decision making published in management or psychology between 2006 and 2020. We identified two distinct streams of the literature. The first, behavioral research, features experimental research on advice-based decisions conducted in laboratories. The second, organizational research, features observational field research on advice-based decisions in organizations. We organized the findings from the two research streams around three sequential stages: advice solicitation and provision, advice utilization, and the outcomes of advice-based decisions. Our review reveals the two streams to be highly complementary—with behavioral research focusing primarily on advice utilization and organizational research focusing primarily on advice solicitation. We consolidate key findings across the two streams. We also identify key challenges for future research, such as greater emphasis on the social aspects of advice-based decisions and the continued development and refinement of normative benchmarks.

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“…However, older adults are less likely to give advice as compared to midlife adults ( Schafer & Upenieks, 2016 ), which suggests that advice provision may not be a common marker of older adulthood. Further, they are more likely than younger adults to value received advice ( Bailey et al, 2021 ) which may be a result of normative cognitive aging that may lead to a worsened ability to problem solve ( Harada et al, 2013 ), thus making older adults more likely to seek or receive advice ( Bailey et al, 2021 ). Older adults have also been shown to express discomfort with their ability to give advice ( Strom & Strom, 2017 ).…”

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Untapped Insight: A Longitudinal Qualitative Analysis of Older Adults’ Advice During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Fuller

Hofmann

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Innovation in Aging

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Background and Objectives Due to a lifetime of experience, older adults are uniquely positioned to contribute advice and insight to others during a historical, societal crisis such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This qualitative study explores the solicited advice older adults offered their peers, family members, and communities throughout the first year of the pandemic. Research Design and Methods A sample of 72 older adults aged 70-97 from Minnesota and North Dakota were asked what advice they would provide to others in June 2020 and again in April/May 2021. Participants were asked to provide advice on individual coping and how community members should support older adults during the pandemic, as well as how others should adjust after the pandemic. Responses were coded and developed into overarching themes. Findings Older adults advised others during the pandemic to foster mental and physical well-being, develop positive life perspectives, and connect to others as strategies to cope through the pandemic. Participants advised that after the pandemic people should remain vigilant, return to normal, and emerge as better people. Advice targeted to meeting the needs of older adults during the pandemic included: adopt selfless attitudes, take intentional actions, and maintain balance. A longitudinal approach revealed that advice remained consistent over time, despite the circumstances caused by COVID-19 changing. Discussion and Implications Findings suggest that older adults utilize their life experiences and coping strategies as sources for drawing advice. These findings also suggest that older adults are sources of insight during crises. Future research should investigate additional advice older adults can offer and how willingly communities listen. Applied work should give older adults opportunities to provide far-reaching advice as well as develop interventions aimed at decreasing ageist perceptions of older adults in times of crisis.

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The weight of advice in older age.

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A meta-analysis of the weight of advice in decision-making

A meta-analysis of the weight of advice in decision-making

A systematic review of empirical studies on advice-based decisions in behavioral and organizational research.

Untapped Insight: A Longitudinal Qualitative Analysis of Older Adults’ Advice During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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