Definition of "noninstrumental" [noninstrumental]

• Not instrumental (adjective)

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• "The paper's thesis is that decision makers often delay decisions to pursue additional noninstrumental information - information that a priori will not affect the decision at hand - yet then proceed to make use of the information, thus making it instrumental, once it is obtained."
• "Worse yet, once the noninstrumental information is gathered, people alter their choice based on this noninstrumental information."
• "Given people like to obtain information and base their decisions on compelling reasons for one option versus another, research finds that, given the option, people will wait for noninstrumental information."