From group diffusion to ratio bias
The group-diffusion effect is the tendency for people to judge themselves to be less likely to experience a negative outcome as the total number of people exposed to the threat increases --- even when the probability of the outcome is explicitly presented (Yamaguchi, 1998). In Experiment 1 we replic...
Main Authors: | Paul C. Price, Teri V. Matthews |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2009-10-01
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Series: | Judgment and Decision Making |
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Online Access: | http://journal.sjdm.org/9430/jdm9430.pdf |
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