Croker, Steve and Knibb, Rebecca C (2016). The Role of Outcome and Experience in Hypothesis Testing about Food Allergy. Health Psychology Update, 25 (1), pp. 17-26.
Abstract
It is important to understand the reasoning strategies that health behaviours are based on. Croker and Buchanan (2011b) found that the strategies people use when choosing how to test a hypothesis about oral health are affected by whether the participant is seeking to reproduce a positive outcome (i.e., good health) or eliminate an unwanted outcome (i.e., bad health). The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of outcome on reasoning strategies in a food allergy context. Participants with and without food allergy were given hypothesistesting tasks and asked to choose which of three alternative patterns of food consumption could be used to test a hypothesis that a person is allergic to a particular food. Participants were more likely to select a controlled test of the hypothesis that a specific food causes an allergic reaction when a reaction to a food had been observed after eating, than when a reaction had not been observed due to food avoidance. Although the potential severity of making an incorrect choice in a food allergy context is both greater and more proximal than in an oral health context, the same bias in reasoning strategy was found. Logically appropriate hypothesis-testing behaviour may not, therefore, underpin real-world decision making.
Divisions: | College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Psychology |
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Additional Information: | The role of outcome and experience in hypothesis testing about food allergy. Steve Croker & Rebecca C. Knibb. Health Psychology Update. VOl 25 Iss 1. Spring 2016. |
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Published Date: | 2016-03-01 |
Accepted Date: | 2016-01-01 |
Authors: |
Croker, Steve
Knibb, Rebecca C ( 0000-0001-5561-0904) |