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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.

The Behavioral and Brain Sciences

|May 9, 2019

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This study introduces a developmental approach to emporiophobia, examining children's behaviors to understand its early origins. We propose emporiophobia develops alongside emporiophilia from childhood.

Area of Science:

Developmental Psychology
Behavioral Economics
Evolutionary Psychology

Background:

Folk-economic beliefs are shaped by evolutionary perspectives.
Existing research lacks a developmental focus on emporiophobia.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a complementary developmental approach to studying emporiophobia.
To investigate the developmental origins of emporiophobia in children.
To explore the co-development of emporiophobia and emporiophilia.

Main Methods:

Observational studies of children's economic behaviors.
Analysis of proximal mechanisms influencing early childhood development.
Comparative study of emporiophobia and emporiophilia development.

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Main Results:

Emporiophobia is hypothesized to emerge early in childhood.
Proximal environmental factors play a key role in its emergence.
Emporiophobia and emporiophilia show parallel developmental trajectories.

Conclusions:

A developmental lens offers novel insights into emporiophobia.
Understanding early childhood behaviors is crucial for emporiophobia research.
The interplay between emporiophobia and emporiophilia warrants further investigation.