The cognitive dynamics of beliefs: The role of discrepancy, credibility, and involvement on microprocesses of judgment

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dc.contributor.advisorFink, Edward Len_US
dc.contributor.authorChung, Sungeunen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCommunicationen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-02-02T06:44:17Z
dc.date.available2005-02-02T06:44:17Z
dc.date.issued2004-11-30en_US
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation investigates the process of belief change by examining the time course of beliefs. The time course of belief change during judgment provides information about dynamic aspects of the cognitive system, cognitive responses during judgment, and the effect of distal variables on belief change. Several previous studies obtained individual belief trajectories using a computer mouse technique to observe the time course of belief change. Based on characteristics of belief trajectories, this study developed a new framework for their analysis. This framework allows analyses not only of overall but also of micro aspects of belief change during judgment. Hypotheses about the time course of belief changes were developed and tested with four data sets from three previous studies. Total N = 267. This study found the following: (1) Belief change during message receipt reflects the structure and properties of the message; (2) belief change during the post-message phase shows some oscillatory and some damping dynamics; (3) message discrepancy and source credibility have dynamic effects on belief change during judgment. This study generally supports dynamic models of belief change. Methodologically, this study suggests that belief trajectories can provide on-line information about cognitive responses and micro belief changes during judgment.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/2095
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSpeech Communicationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCognitive dynamicsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMessge discrepancyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSource credibilityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMicroprocesses of judgmenten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDecision makingen_US
dc.titleThe cognitive dynamics of beliefs: The role of discrepancy, credibility, and involvement on microprocesses of judgmenten_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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