Lena Wahlberg
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Prototype effect and the persuasiveness of generalizations
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Summary, in English
An argument that makes use of a generalization activates the prototype for the category used in the generalization. We conducted two experiments that investigated how the activation of the prototype affects the persuasiveness of the argument. The results of the experiments suggest that the features of the prototype overshadow
and partly overwrite the actual facts of the case. The case is, to some extent, judged as if it had the features of the prototype instead of the features it actually has. This prototype effect increases the persuasiveness of the argument in situations where the audience
finds the judgment more warranted for the prototype than for the actual case (positive prototype effect), but decreases persuasiveness in situations where the audience finds the judgment less warranted for the prototype than for the actual case (negative prototype effect).
and partly overwrite the actual facts of the case. The case is, to some extent, judged as if it had the features of the prototype instead of the features it actually has. This prototype effect increases the persuasiveness of the argument in situations where the audience
finds the judgment more warranted for the prototype than for the actual case (positive prototype effect), but decreases persuasiveness in situations where the audience finds the judgment less warranted for the prototype than for the actual case (negative prototype effect).
Avdelning/ar
- Law, Evidence and Cognition (LEVIC)
- Juridiska institutionen
- Institutionen för psykologi
- Kognitionsvetenskap
- Health Law
Publiceringsår
2015
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
163-180
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Review of Philosophy and Psychology
Volym
7
Issue
1
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Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Springer
Ämne
- Law
Nyckelord
- allmän rättslära
- jurisprudence
Aktiv
Published
Projekt
- Law, Evidence and Cognition
Forskningsgrupp
- Law, Evidence and Cognition (LEVIC)
- Health Law
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1878-5166