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| Motivation to Acquire Relationship Threatening Information |
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| Predicted Outcome Value Theory |
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- we are not always driven to seek information or to reduce uncertainty
- we seek information by predicting how rewarding or unrewarding future interactions would be
- we judge initial encounters and deemed to have "high outcome" or "low outcome" value based on predictions of how (unrewarding) future interactions would be |
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| Predicted Outcome Value Theory |
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| Theory of Uncertainty Management |
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| Theory of Uncertainty Management |
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- we're motivated to seek information when the uncertainty produces anxiety
- we do not seek information when not knowing is more comfortable than knowing
- we don't seek information when it's neutral, that is, we don't care about it
- sensitive to cultural differences |
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| Theory of Motivated Information Management (TMIM) - Afifi & Weiner |
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- we prefer uncertainty in some situations and certainty in others
- we seek information when there is a discrepancy in the level of we have and the level of uncertainty we want
- we go through an interpretation phase where we consider the discrepancy and decide how we feel about it to determine if we want to take action
- we decide to seek information based on how we evaluate what the likely outcome is and the efficacy (how accurate it is) of the information |
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Outcome expectancy: do we think this information will yield a positive or negative outcome?
Efficiency (efficacy) assessment: am I confident that I can gather the necessary information and cope with it? |
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| 2 factors that influence whether we are going to take steps to manage uncertainty by searching for information (TMIM) |
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