Tracking the decision-making process in multiple-choice assessment: Evidence from eye movements.

Autor/inn/en	Lindner, Marlit Annalena; Eitel, Alexander; Thoma, Gun-Brit; Dalehefte, Inger Marie; Ihme, Jan Marten; Köller, Olaf
Titel	Tracking the decision-making process in multiple-choice assessment: Evidence from eye movements. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Verfolgung des Entscheidungsfindungsprozesses bei einem Multiple-Choice-Test: Belege aus Augenbewegungen.
Quelle	In: Applied cognitive psychology, 28 (2014) 5, S. 738-752 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0888-4080; 1099-0720; 2152-7180
DOI	10.1002/acp.3060
Schlagwörter	Wissen; Aufmerksamkeit; Blickverhalten; Entscheidung; Multiple-Choice-Verfahren; Testverhalten; Leistung; Präferenz
Abstract	Investigated decision-making processes during multiple-choice assessments. Eye movements were recorded while 26 students (mean age 24 years) with either high prior knowledge (HPK) or low prior knowledge (LPK) in biological psychology completed a multiple-choice biological psychology test. After completing the test, participants indicated the answer options they could not exclude as incorrect. In addition, participants completed subtests of the Kognitiver Fähigkeits-Test (KFT 4-12+R). Results showed that participants with HPK solved more items correctly, showed higher certainty, and completed the test faster than LPK participants. Furthermore, the time spent fixating on correct answer options was higher for HPK students as compared to LPK participants. Moreover, LPK participants were observed to fixate on incorrect distractors more than participants with HPK, even when the HPK participants selected the wrong answer. Both groups fixated on subjectively attractive answer options longer than unattractive options and they showed similar patterns regarding fixation times on unattractive, attractive, and chosen options. It is concluded that it could be distinguished between a knowledge identification function of eye fixations and a gaze bias effect related to the subjective preference for answer options. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2026/3