The theory posits that the advice seeker, when possessing rich information on potential alters, decides whom to contact by trading off expected knowledge value versus the cost of obtaining it.

• 本文的理论断定当建议寻求者拥有潜在选择的信息较丰富时，他们通过权衡知识的期望价值和获取知识的成本来决定向谁寻求建议。