자료유형  

 학위논문

Control Number  

0017162679

International Standard Book Number  

9798384018148

Dewey Decimal Classification Number  

150

Main Entry-Personal Name  

Myers, Matthew.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

[S.l.] : Northwestern University., 2024

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024

Physical Description  

227 p.

General Note  

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-02, Section: B.

General Note  

Advisor: Rips, Lance.

Dissertation Note  

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2024.

Summary, Etc.  

요약Some non-actual events feel closer to having happened than others. Our capacity for counter-factual thought-to reason about events not as they were, but as they could have been-helps inform such closeness intuitions. This dissertation seeks to elaborate on the properties of events which make such alternatives appear close. In the following experiments, I examine the influence of lexical items and event properties on counterfactual proximatives (Experiments 1-2), address how knowledge of causal mechanisms guide the plausibility of counterfactual alternatives (Experiments 3-4), and explore how differences in outcome valence may bias counterfactual closeness judgments (Experiment 5-6). The findings from these experiments provide evidence that beliefs about counterfactual closeness are guided by a variety of factors. These factors include (1) the propensity of entities towards a particular outcome, (2) the belief in causal mechanisms which systematically relate causes to their effects, and (3) the frequency of contrastive sets of possibilities. Lastly, I discuss the implication of these findings for current theories of close counterfactuals and future directions of research.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Psychology.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Personality psychology.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Experimental psychology.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Social psychology.

Index Term-Uncontrolled  

Closeness intuitions

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Counterfactuals

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Propensity

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Causal mechanisms

Added Entry-Corporate Name  

Northwestern University Psychology

Host Item Entry  

Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-02B.

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