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The dilution effect: Nondiagnostic information weakens the implications of diagnostic information

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Authors: Nisbett, R. E., Zukier, H., & Lemley, R. E.
Affiliations: University of Michigan (US)
The New School (US)
Corresponding author: Nisbett, Richard E.
Venue: Cognitive Psychology
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 1981-04
Volume: 13
Issue: 2
Pages: 248-277
ISSN: 0010-0285 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/0010-0285(81)90010-4
OpenAlex: W2171421397
Cited by: 605
References: 16
Citations by year: 2026: 9 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 48 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 20 · 2014: 17 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 14
FWCI: 26.90
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
hdl.handle.net
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Cognitive Psychology (publishedVersion)
Deep Blue (University of Michigan) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Categorization, perception, and language
Keywords: dilution effect, diagnostic information, prediction, similarity judgments, stereotypes, individuating information

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