A proximity effect in adults' contamination intuitions

Magical beliefs about contagion via contact (Rozin, Nemeroff, Wane, and Sherrod, 1989) may emerge when people overgeneralize real-world mechanisms of contamination beyond their appropriate boundaries (Lindeman and Aarnio, 2007). Do people similarly overextend knowledge of airborne contamination mech...

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Main Authors: Laura R. Kim, Nancy S. Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Judgment and Decision Making 2011-04-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/11/11120/jdm11120.pdf