The relationship between openness, age and the exploration/exploitation trade-off in a hybrid foraging search task
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2023-01-24
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Foraging is the act of searching for things in multiple places. Because we do this on a daily
basis, it is an important part of daily living. The goal of this study was to examine the
possibility of detecting foraging-related problems in certain psychological disorders through
their shared connection to personality-facets. This study aimed to examine the relationship
between trait openness to experience, age and explorative foraging style. To measure
openness, the HEXACO-60 personality questionnaire was used, and a hybrid foraging search
task was used to measure foraging style. All three hypotheses were discarded. The first
expectation was a positive correlation between openness and foraging. Results however
showed no significant correlation. Age on the other hand did share a weak/moderate positive
correlation with explorative foraging style, although a negative correlation was expected.
Finally, though expected, there was no moderation effect of age on the relationship between
openness and explorative foraging style. As the results show, foraging style should not be
predicted by psychological professionals on the basis of personality or mental disorder.
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Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen