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| Title |
Steps, Stages, and Structure: Finding Compensatory Order in Scientific Theories
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Experimental Psychology. General, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.1037/a0028716 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Bastiaan T. Rutjens, Frenk van Harreveld, Joop van der Pligt, Loes M. Kreemers, Marret K. Noordewier |
| Abstract |
Stage theories are prominent and controversial in science. One possible reason for their appeal is that they provide order and predictability. Participants in Experiment 1 rated stage theories as more orderly and predictable (but less credible) than continuum theories. In Experiments 2-5, we showed that order threats increase the appeal of stage theories of grief (Experiment 2) and moral development (Experiments 4 and 5). Experiment 3 yielded similar results for a stage theory on Alzheimer's disease characterized by predictable decline, suggesting that preference for stage theories is independent of valence. Experiment 4 showed that the effect of threat on theory preference was mediated by the motivated perception of order, and Experiment 5 revealed that it is particularly the fixed order of stages that increases their appeal. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 2 | 67% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 95 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 16% |
| Researcher | 15 | 15% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 9% |
| Other | 9 | 9% |
| Unknown | 17 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 48 | 48% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 9 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 4% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 10% |
| Unknown | 20 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 July 2021.
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#15,168,964
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#1,714
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#171,614
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#39
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