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truthiness: a standalone construct

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Cognitive psychology

the inflation of belief that a claim is true when it appears with related but nonprobative photos or words that add no evidence.

In cognitive psychology, truthiness refers to the inflation of belief that a claim is true when it appears with related but nonprobative photos or words that add no evidence. This meaning comes from Newman (2012) in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.[1]

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belief4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs evidence2 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs inflation3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Newman, E. J., Garry, M., Bernstein, D. M., Kantner, J., & Lindsay, D. S. (2012). Nonprobative photographs (or words) inflate truthiness. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 19(5), 969-974. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-012-0292-0

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