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Fear bias
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Fear bias
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the impact of incidental fear on explicit and implicit risk perception
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Cain
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Thomas Ramsey
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1978-
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Thomas Cain
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Jussim
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Lee
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Lee Jussim
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Laurie Rudman
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Wilder
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Dave Wilder
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Cooper
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Joel Cooper
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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2012
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Abstract
In previous research, fear has caused people to increase their perception of risk, regardless of what caused them to feel afraid (defined as incidental fear). Three studies were conducted to test and expand upon on this finding. In Study 1, a video fear manipulation was used to determine whether participants would show greater explicit risk perception, as well as greater implicit fear, as compared to participants who watched a funny film clip. Participants did show an increase in explicit risk perception after watching a frightening film clip, and showed an increase in implicit risk perception as measured by one of three implicit measures. In Study 2, a semi-unique model, the Fear Bias Model, was partially tested. Specifically, the Fear Bias Model predicts that cognitive dissonance may be at least partially responsible for an increase in risk perception when people are afraid. The results from Study 2 partially confirmed this finding. Finally, Study 3 attempted to extend the findings of the previous studies by testing whether incidental fear lead to an increase in bias against Muslims. Watching a frightening video clip, as opposed to a funny or neutral clip, did lead to an increase in implicit fear against Muslims, but not explicit bias. The implications of these findings, along with limitations and future directions, are discussed.
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Psychology
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iv, 97 p. : ill.
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Ph.D.
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by Thomas Ramsey Cain
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Risk perception
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Fear
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ETD doctoral
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Thomas
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2012-05-08 18:52:35
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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