Non-probative Photos Promote the Truth of Positive Claims

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Non-probative Photos Promote the Truth of Positive Claims

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People’s judgments are prone to the influence of feelings, even cognitive feelings such as the ease with which related information comes to mind (Alter & Oppenheimer, 2009; Schwarz & Clore, 2007). In 14 experiments, we¹ found evidence that non-probative photos — ones that relate to what people are evaluating, but that provide no relevant information for their task — produce cognitive feelings that lead people to evaluate claims more positively.  In Part 1, we examined the extent to which phot...

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2015

Creator

Cardwell, Brittany A.

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https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Non-probative_Photos_Promote_the_Truth_of_Positive_Claims/17...

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Other psychology not elsewhere classified / Photos / Cognitive fluency / Judgments / Truth / Positive / School: School of Psychology / Psychology not elsewhere classified / Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and the Cognitive sciences / Degree Discipline: Psychology / Degree Level: Doctoral / Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy

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