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Individuals operating at complex and at simple levels of conceptual structure played a tactical game for three ½-hr. periods. There was a negative relationship between information input and subsequent information search. Conceptually simple Ss, while generally requesting more information, wanted feedback about ongoing events; complex Ss requested information about new aspects of the game.
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This research was carried out while the first author was Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana. The financial support of the University of Illinois Research Board, and the assistance of R. L. Hagen in conducting the experiment, are gratefully acknowledged.
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Suedfeld, P., Streufert, S. Information search as a function of conceptual and environmental complexity. Psychon Sci 4, 351–352 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03342334
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