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... causes . Normally , people also use theories or general knowledge of the particular antecedents likely to cause or explain given outcomes and of the specific outcomes likely to follow given antecedents . A person's belief that the cause ...
... causes . Normally , people also use theories or general knowledge of the particular antecedents likely to cause or explain given outcomes and of the specific outcomes likely to follow given antecedents . A person's belief that the cause ...
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... causes or the opposite of its causes is thus well established in prescientific modes of thought . These notions perhaps facilitated many useful discoveries ranging from the prophylactic effects of vaccination to the capacity of cold ...
... causes or the opposite of its causes is thus well established in prescientific modes of thought . These notions perhaps facilitated many useful discoveries ranging from the prophylactic effects of vaccination to the capacity of cold ...
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... causes . Indeed , there is evidence that people often recognize and even cite multiple causes for their own behavior or for that of their peers . For instance , Wilson and Nisbett ( 1978 ) found that sub- jects usually listed several ...
... causes . Indeed , there is evidence that people often recognize and even cite multiple causes for their own behavior or for that of their peers . For instance , Wilson and Nisbett ( 1978 ) found that sub- jects usually listed several ...
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inferential problems and the formal scientific | 8 |
summary | 15 |
the representativeness heuristic | 24 |
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