The dilution effect
Nondiagnostic information weakens the implications of diagnostic information
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19600833 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard E Nisbett (University of Michigan, corresponding author), Henry Zukier (New School), Ronald E Lemley (University of Michigan) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 248-277 |
| Publication date | 1981-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cognitive Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-0285 • E-ISSN: 1095-5623 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/0010-0285(81)90010-4 |
| OpenAlex | W2171421397 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 143 |
| References cited | 12 |
Cognitive psychology · Outcome (game theory) · Set (abstract data type) · Similarity (geometry) · Statistics · Value (mathematics) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Mathematics · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
Anti-Atheist Bias in the United States
The Moral Dilution Effect
Disjunction Between Probability and Verdict in Juror Decision Making
Age stereotyping of gay and heterosexual men
Negativity and extremity biases in impression formation
How quantity judgment changes as the number of cues increases
The social context of reasoning
Proper analysis of the accuracy of group judgments
Social judgment and social memory
Episodic simulation reduces intergroup bias in prosocial intentions and behavior
The role of typical diagnosticity in stereotype-based judgments
The first-member heuristic
Strategies in the Information Search Process
Another Look at Reasoning Experiments
Cognitive Set and Clinical Inference
Political Perception
Inside the Mental Voting Booth
Psychohistory and Political Psychology
Nonverbal Behavior and Leadership
Political Information Processing
The Poly-Psy Relationship
Cognitive Structural Analysis of Political Rhetoric
Affect and Political Judgment
Information and Electoral Attitudes
An Overview of the Field of Political Psychology
The Drunkard’s Search
Decision Making in Presidential Primaries
Prejudice and Stereotyping in Everyday Communication
Heuristics and Biases
Norm theory
The use of statistical heuristics in everyday inductive reasoning.
The weighing of evidence and the determinants of confidence
Extensional versus intuitive reasoning
Hypothesis evaluation from a Bayesian perspective.
Belief polarization is not always irrational.
Individual differences in reasoning
Clinical Versus Actuarial Judgment
Support theory
The hot hand in basketball
Designing Experiments That Generalize
Self-Regulation of Cognitive Inference and Decision Processes
Symbolic Politics
Bad Is Stronger Than Good for Stigmatized, but Not Admired Outgroups
Representativeness Revisited
Non-transformative climate policy options decrease conservative support for renewable energy in the US
Face-ism as a Determinant of Interpersonal Perceptions
A Vignette-Based Measure of Mental Health Literacy (PDR-V)
Improving judgment accuracy by sequential adjustment
Valenced appearance-behavior cues affect the extent of impression memory
Optimism and Positivity Biases in Performance Appraisal Ratings
Is user-generated content always helpful? The effects of online forum browsing on consumers' travel purchase decisions
The Impact of Antagonistic Narcissism on Auditor Skepticism with Moderation by Client Financial and ESG Performance
Difference score reliabilities within the Rias‐2 and Wisc‐V
Revising mental representations of faces based on new diagnostic information
Sensory and multisensory reasoning
Irreducibility of sensory experiences
Facial Impressions Are Not Set in Stone
Foreign-Looking Native-Accented People
Political expertise, ecological rationality and party cues
Probabilistic reasoning in prediction and diagnosis
Judging the strength of designated evidence
Aggregating conclusive and inconclusive information
Inconsistency and uncertainty in multi‐attribute judgment of human performance
Decisional comprehensiveness and firm performance
In defense of clinical judgment … and mechanical prediction
To thy own self be true
Measurement effects in decision‐making
Separating the wheat from the chaff
When does algorithmic decomposition help? commentary
Is Diagnostic Evidence on the Dilution Effect Weakened When Nondiagnostic Objections Are Added? A Response to Igou (2007)
An Alternative Metaphor in the Study of Judgment and Choice
Ambiguity and Self-Evaluation
The Psychology of Group Conflict and the Dynamics of Oppression
The Affect Heuristic
Judgment in a Social Context
A Continuum of Impression Formation, from Category-Based to Individuating Processes
The Impact of Accountability on Judgment and Choice
Consumer Learning
Trump Lies, Truth Dies? Epistemic Crisis and the Effect of False Balance Reporting on Beliefs About Voter Fraud
Targets as perceivers
The dilution effect
More intense experiences, less intense forecasts
Persuasiveness of in-group and out-group political messages
He never willed to have the will he has
Ease of retrieval as information
Less is more
Social judgeability
How alike is it versus how likely is it
Natural sample spaces and uncertain belief
Forming impressions from stereotypes, traits, and behaviors
The impact of mothers' gender-role stereotypic beliefs on mothers' and children's ability perceptions
Ambiguity and self-evaluation
Dissonance processes as self-affirmation
Inferences About Sexual Orientation
The Social Judgeability Approach to Stereotypes
Inaction inertia
Harmful effects of seemingly helpful information on forecasts of stock earnings
The hidden cost of humanization
How subjective knowledge influences intention to travel
Category-exemplar dynamics and stereotype change
Human inference
A Cognitive -Attributional Analysis of Stereotyping1
Simple models or simple processes? Some research on clinical judgments.
Subjective probability
Features of similarity.
On the psychology of prediction.
Eichmann in Jerusalem
Attribution and the psychology of prediction
Sex stereotypes and social judgment
Linear models in decision making
Asylums
| Unique citing works | 143 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,25 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 2025 (44) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 129 |