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Interesting research. Looks like a cognitive bias related to the reverse-Halo Effect ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H
by BoppreH 10y ago
Interesting research. Looks like a cognitive bias related to the reverse-Halo Effect ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect ). The mother left for some morally bad reason, so the predicted events receive bad associations (larger risk).
Sounds easily exploitable too. Want to advertise something dangerous? Just show people doing it in morally good situations.
- derefr 10y agoI started out thinking that, but after considering it some more, I'm not sure it's just a halo effect. Here's a chain of correlations: parents who leave their children alone at random (rather than in a structured and pre-planned way) are probably more impulsive. Trait-impulsivity is hereditary. Thus, leaving a (blood-related) child alone is predictive of that child taking more risks and being the kind of child who can't be left alone safely. (On the other hand, leaving a child you're the adoptive parent or guardian of alone isn't predictive of anything.)
- emodendroket 10y agoIf it has some sort of deep evolutionary roots, why has it arisen in the past like half-century?