Calendar
Thursday, October 13, 2016
-Export as iCalendar |
DR@W Forum - Gerri Spassova (Monash)Library (Wolfson Exchange Area Room 3)"Uniformity aversion in judgements of expertise. When being right looks wrong" Gerro Spassova (Monash) The present research documents a phenomenon we label “uniformity aversion,” whereby a critic who evaluates several options as qualitatively equal is seen as less of an expert relative to a critic whose evaluations exhibit variance. Importantly, the phenomenon is observed in the presence of strong accuracy cues indicating that the options are more likely to be of the same quality. We test uniformity aversion in a series of studies, using different product settings and different accuracy cues. The mechanism underlying uniformity aversion is discussed. |