In the present study, a simplified version of the game of Twenty Questions was employed to examine the information-search process. Information analysis of responses from 72 undergraduate women showed (1) only 22.6% of the subjects used an information-search strategy so amount of information would be maximized, whereas 77.4% of the subjects did not use such an optimal strategy. (2) The subjects tended to search for information by risky strategies. (3) Amounts of information and values of surprise changed in the process of information search.
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