Causal reasoning in the attribution of rare and common events
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6199541 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joel T Johnson (0000-0002-6921-6059, corresponding author), Kenneth R Boyd, Phyllis S Magnani |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 229-242 |
| Publication date | 1994-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037//0022-3514.66.2.229 |
| OpenAlex | W2045842073 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 2 |
Three studies investigated causal reasoning when 2 dispositions - one more common than the other - are both consistently associated with a behavior. Subjects rated the rare disposition as the more important cause when the behavior itself was rare but violated the covariation principle by rating the common disposition as more important when the behavior was relatively common. Results suggest that use of the covariation principle may be the most important heuristic for inferring causality only when the action to be explained is relatively rare. When the behavior is a common one, causal attributions may be more influenced by a principle of generative strength, with observers assigning greater causal importance to the disposition they believe to be stronger
Action (physics · Attribution · Causal model · Causal reasoning · Causality (physics · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Disposition · Heuristic · Rare events · Statistics · AI-based Problem Solving and Planning · Artificial Intelligence · Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference · Computer Science · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology · Semantic Web and Ontologies · Social Psychology · Topic Modeling
Consequence-Cause Matching
Distinguishing the effects of beliefs and preconditions
Are goals or preconditions better explanations? It depends on the question
Probable Cause
Discounting causes of behavior
Is a Cause Conceptualized as a Generative Force
Goal-based Explanations of Actions and Outcomes
The Magnitude Heuristic
| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,46 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2023 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |