TIME DEPENDENT CHANGES IN SOCIAL JUDGEMENT AND CHOICE

拟议的研究调查如何从未来事件的时间距离影响判断和决策，这些事件。 据推测，人们使用更多的示意图来代表遥远的未来事件比近的未来事件。因此，对遥远未来事件的判断和决定可能基于事件的相对中心和抽象的特征，而对近期事件的判断和决定可能基于事件的更外围和具体的特征。 拟议的研究旨在测试这一假设及其对信息处理、预测和未来事件偏好随时间变化的影响。 研究结果预计将确定决策在不同时间点的优点和缺点，从而帮助我们理解和改善人们思考，计划和选择未来的方式。

The proposed research investigates how temporal distance from future events influences judgements and decisions regarding those events. It is assumed that people use more schematic construals to represent distant future events than near future events. Therefore, judgements and decisions regarding distant future events are likely to be based on relatively central and abstract features of the events, whereas judgements and decisions regarding near future events are likely to be based on more peripheral and concrete features of the events. The proposed studies are designed to test this assumption and its implications for time-dependent changes in information processing, predictions, and preferences regarding future events. The findings are expected to identify advantages and disadvantages of decisions at different point in time and, thus, help us understand and improve the way people think, plan, and make choices about their future.