Explanations of comparative facts
Conference paper
Aldrovandi, S., Hampton, J.A., Heussen, D. and Kusev, P. (2009). Explanations of comparative facts. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. 01 Jan 2009
Authors | Aldrovandi, S., Hampton, J.A., Heussen, D. and Kusev, P. |
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Type | Conference paper |
Abstract | A comparative fact can be presented in two ways. ‘Among white evangelical Christians, Obama had 40% fewer votes than McCain.’ or ‘Among white evangelical Christians, McCain had 40% more votes than Obama.’ Focusing on why Obama had fewer votes than McCain may result in a different explanation from focusing on why McCain had more votes than Obama, although it is the same fact. Thus what determines whether we focus in our explanation on Obama or McCain? In two studies, we show that people generally focused more |
Year | 2009 |
Journal citation | 6 (31) |
ISSN | 1069-7977 |
Web address (URL) | https://pure.hud.ac.uk/en/publications/164e0d29-22b9-4228-b83f-fea9638180a1 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
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Online | 2009 |
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Deposited | 31 Aug 2022 |
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