Pluto Behaving Badly: False Beliefs and Their Consequences
Autor: | Cara Laney, Elizabeth F. Loftus, Maryanne Garry, Shari R. Berkowitz, Erin K. Morris |
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Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Zdroj: | The American Journal of Psychology. 121:643-660 |
ISSN: | 1939-8298 0002-9556 |
Popis: | We exposed college students to suggestive materials in order to lead them to believe that, as children, they had a negative experience at Disneyland involving the Pluto character. A sizable minority of subjects developed a false belief or memory that Pluto had uncomfortably licked their ear. Suggestions about a positive experience with Pluto led to even greater acceptance of a lovable earlicking episode. False beliefs and memories had repercussions; those seduced by the bad suggestions were not willing to pay as much for a Pluto souvenir. These findings are among the first to demonstrate that false beliefs can have repercussions for people, meaning that they can influence their later thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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