Great oaks from giant acorns grow: How causal-impact judgments depend on the strength of a cause
Causal impact is maximal when weak causes have strong effects. Do people understand this logic when they assess causal impact? In four experiments, participants judged the causal impact of strong or weak dietary treatments leading to strong or weak health effects in fictitious health studies. Rather...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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European journal of social psychology
Year: 2011, Volume: 41, Issue: 2, Pages: 162-172 |
| ISSN: | 1099-0992 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/ejsp.750 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.750 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ejsp.750 
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| Author Notes: | Klaus Fiedler, Peter Freytag and Christian Unkelbach |