Distance from a distance: the robustness of psychological distance effects
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Distance from a distance: psychological distance reduces sensitivity to any further psychological distance.
What is the difference between far and further? Investigations into such psychological distancing--removal from an egocentric reference point--have suggested similarities between geographical space, time, probability, and social distance. We draw on these similarities to propose that experiencing any kind of distance will reduce sensitivity to any other distance. Nine studies varied the initial...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Theory and Decision
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0040-5833,1573-7187
DOI: 10.1007/s11238-019-09696-6