Taboo Versus Axiom

The Independence Axiom versus the Reduction Axiom: Must We Have Both?

Since the early 18th Century, expected utility theory became the leading theory in explaining behavior of decision makers under uncertainty. For most of this time it was used as a purely descriptive theory. For example, Ramsey (1931) explicitly assumed that people evaluate a risky prospect by its expected utility. He expressed this idea in the following words: I suggest that we introduce as a l...

Dutch taboo norms

This article provides norms for general taboo, personal taboo, insult, valence, and arousal for 672 Dutch words, including 202 taboo words. Norms were collected using a 7-point Likert scale and based on ratings by psychology students from the Erasmus University Rotterdam in The Netherlands. The sample consisted of 87 psychology students (58 females, 29 males). We obtained high reliability based...

The Isomorphism Property Versus the Special Model Axiom

This paper answers some questions of D. Ross in [R]. In x1, we show that some consequences of the @0 or @1{special model axiom in [R] can not be proved by the {isomorphism property for any cardinal . In x2, we show that with one exception, the @0{isomorphism property does imply the remaining consequences of the special model axiom in [R]. In x3, we improve a result in [R] by showing that the {s...

The last taboo?

Processing Neutral , Emotion and Taboo

Bilinguals have reported that they have a stronger emotional experience in their native language (L1) than in their second language (L2). Behavioral studies are inconclusive about this question. However, studies that used skin conductance levels as a dependent variable are clearer about this effect: participants elicit a stronger skin conductance response on emotional and taboo words in L1 comp...