. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2010 Jun;25(2):251–261. doi: 10.1037/a0018856

Table 2.

Information about Choice Alternative: (a) Characteristics Associated with Distribution of Attibutes; and (b) Favorability Scores based on Subjective Ratings of Attribute Importance

	Information Condition and Alternative
	Intuitive				Deliberative
	1^a	2	3	4	1	2^a	3	4
	(a) Choice Alternative Characteristics
+/− Core Attributes	4/2	4/2	4/2	4/2	4/2	6/0	2/4	4/2
+/− Non-Core Attributes	4/2	2/4	2/4	0/6	4/2	0/6	4/2	0/6
Total Evaluative Content	+4	0	0	−4	+4	0	0	−4
Core Evaluative Content	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+6	−2	+2
	(b) Favorability Scores
Accurate Group	28.0	6.9	6.7	−11.6	21.4	26.1	−12.9	−0.9
Inaccurate Group	30.9	2.7	5.2	−20.7	28.9	10.7	−2.2	−20.3

Note. Evaluative content determined by subtracting the number of relevant negative features from the number of relevant positive features. The bolded information in each information condition reflects the ordering of alternatives based on relevant information in that condition.

Denotes the optimal choice in each information condition.