Psychology ETDs

Publication Date

Fall 11-14-2023

Abstract

This work addresses three fundamental questions. First, can the source of the advice (crowd or single advisor) be leveraged to enhance advice use? Second, does high skill and high metacognitive ability predict greater advice use or are these individuals also blind to the need for advice? Finally, can personality, performance, and pre-advice confidence factors be used to profile those most likely to benefit from advice? Results indicated surprisingly low advice taking rates (~25% to ~26%) from both advisors, despite the advice being 100% accurate. Advice taking was even lower when individuals were in a high-confidence state, with high-skilled individuals taking advice 18% of the time they made an error, compared to 7% for the low-skilled. Significant individual differences in advice use were found, with those high in normative social influence more likely to take advice.

Degree Name

Psychology

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Psychology

First Committee Member (Chair)

Dr. Eric Ruthruff

Second Committee Member

Dr. Tania Reynolds

Third Committee Member

Dr. Jeremy Hogeveen

Fourth Committee Member

Dr. M. Lee Van Horn

Language

English

Keywords

Dunning Kruger effect, overconfidence, metacognition, advice taking

Document Type

Dissertation

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