Older but not wiser: Predicting a partner's preferences gets worse with age (2011)
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Abstract
To test the influence of relationship length on ability to predict a partner's preferences, 58 younger (M = 24.1. years) and 20 older (M = 68.7. years) couples made predictions in three domains that varied in daily importance. While prediction accuracy was generally better than chance, longer relationship length correlated with lower prediction accuracy and greater overconfidence. The difference in accuracy between older and younger couples increased for strong preferences and when controlling for preference reliability over time. Independent of relationship length, prediction accuracy was higher for important domains, for strong, reliable, and stereotypical preferences, and when couples were more similar. ?? 2010 Society for Consumer Psychology.
Bibliographic entry
Scheibehenne, B., Mata, J., & Todd, P. M. (2011). Older but not wiser: Predicting a partner's preferences gets worse with age. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 21, 184-191. doi:10.1016/j.jcps.2010.08.001 (Full text)
Miscellaneous
| Publication year | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|
| Document type: | Article | |
| Publication status: | Published | |
| External URL: | http://library.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/ft/bs/BS_Older_2011.pdf View | |
| Categories: | ForecastingConsumer BehaviorFood Choice | |
| Keywords: | age differencesfood choiceoverconfidencepreference predictionpreference reliability |