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How does "emporiophobia" develop?
Margaret Echelbarger1, Susan A Gelman1, Charles W Kalish2
1Department of Psychology,University of Michigan,Ann Arbor,MI 48109.echelbar@umich.edugelman@umich.eduwww.mechelbarger.comhttps://lsa.umich.edu/psych/people/faculty/gelman.html.
Abstract:
Boyer & Petersen's (B&P's) evolutionary approach to folk-economic beliefs is insightful, with far-reaching implications. We add to their discussion by positing a complementary developmental approach to the study of "emporiophobia" - studying children whose behaviors provide insight into developmental origins. We hypothesize that emporiophobia emerges early in childhood through proximal mechanisms and propose that emporiophobia develops alongside emporiophilia.
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