Publications by authors named "Yuji K Winet"
Ending on a familiar note: Perceived endings motivate repeat consumption.
J Pers Soc Psychol
April 2023
People fill their free time by choosing between hedonic activities that are new and exciting (e.g., exploring a buzzed-about restaurant) versus old and familiar (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPivotal voting: The opportunity to tip group decisions skews juries and other voting outcomes.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
August 2022
Many important social and policy decisions are made by small groups of people (e.g., juries, college admissions officers, or corporate boards) with the hope that a collective process will yield better and fairer decisions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSocial exploration: When people deviate from options explored by others.
J Pers Soc Psychol
March 2022
Article Synopsis
- People are more likely to explore unknown choices when they hear about known options from others–this is termed the social-exploration effect.
- In a series of four studies with 2,333 participants, results showed that people preferred to choose unknown options when they learned experiences from peers, rather than from computers or anonymous sources.
- The findings suggest that individuals naturally adopt a group perspective in social contexts, leading to increased exploration, especially for positive outcomes, but this effect diminishes when it comes to losses.