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One-shot illusory correlations and stereotype formationJane L Risen
Cornell University, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 33:1492-502. 2007..The authors contend that one-shot illusory correlations arise because unusual pairings of behaviors and groups uniquely prompt people to entertain group membership as an explanation of the unusual behavior...
Why people are reluctant to tempt fateJane L Risen
Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 95:293-307. 2008..Finally, Study 6 examined the automatic nature of the underlying processes. The types of actions that are thought to tempt fate as well as the role of society and culture in shaping this magical belief are discussed...
Another look at why people are reluctant to exchange lottery ticketsJane L Risen
Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 93:12-22. 2007..The authors provide evidence that this effect occurs because the act of imagining an exchanged ticket winning the lottery increases the belief that such an event is likely to occur...
Visceral fit: While in a visceral state, associated states of the world seem more likelyJane L Risen
Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 100:777-93. 2011..Together, the results suggest that visceral states can influence one's beliefs by making matching states of the world easier to simulate and therefore seem more likely...
Target and observer differences in the acceptance of questionable apologiesJane L Risen
Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 92:418-33. 2007..Study 5 suggests that social scripts constrain the responses of targets more than those of observers...
