The time used to carry out ratings (decision time) was studied as a function of subjective confidence in the ratings and interview length (amount of information). The ratings were based on interviews of 4 different lengths and made by 6 observers of 160 Ss with respect to 4 personality variables. Decision time showed to be a positively monotonic function of both subjective confidence and amount of information.
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