Browsing Arts (Faculty of) by Supervisor "Fugelsang, Jonathan"
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Bullshit Makes the Art Grow Profounder: Evidence for False Meaning Transfer Across Domains
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-05)The purpose of this thesis was to explore the decision making underlying the perception of meaning in abstract art. In particular, I explore if features adjacent to the content of the art itself predominantly drive the ... -
The Effect of Strategic Language on Perceptions of Actions and Speakers
(University of Waterloo, 2023-07-31)Describing the actions of others (or oneself) necessitates that a speaker make linguistic choices, as multiple terms can often be used to describe the same act. The present work investigates the consequences of these ... -
Inducing Feelings of Ignorance Makes People More Receptive to Expert (economist) Opinion
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-19)While they usually should, people do not revise their beliefs more to expert (economist) opinion than to lay opinion. The present research sought to better understand the factors that make it more likely for an individual ... -
Intuitive Confidence Reflects Speed of Initial Responses in Point Spread Predictions
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-24)Previous research has revealed that intuitive confidence is an important predictor of how people choose between intuitive and non-intuitive alternatives. Two studies were conducted to investigate the determinants of intuitive ... -
Judgments of effort depend on the temporal proximity to the task
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-26)Cognitive effort is a central construct in our lives, yet our understanding of the processes underlying our perception of effort are limited. Performance is typically used as one way to assess effort in cognitive tasks ... -
The Numerical Distance Effect and Math Achievement: Assessing the validity of magnitude comparison paradigms
(University of Waterloo, 2016-02-09)The numerical distance effect (NDE) is the inverse relationship between response times and the distance between two numbers in numerical magnitude comparison tasks. This robust effect has been obtained using multiple ... -
The psychology of bullshitting: Measurement, correlates, and outcomes of the propensity to mislead others
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-15)Recent psychological research has identified important individual differences associated with receptivity to bullshit, which has greatly enhanced our understanding of the processes behind susceptibility to pseudo‐profound ... -
Speed of Response does not Affect Feelings of Rightness in Reasoning
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-18)It has been argued (Thompson, Prowse Turner & Pennycook, 2011) that the experience of ease (i.e., the ability to quickly generate an initial response) during processing influences one’s likelihood of engaging reflectively ... -
What Makes us Think? A Three-Stage Dual-Process Model of Analytic Engagement
(University of Waterloo, 2016-07-29)The distinction between intuitive and analytic thinking is common in psychology. However, while often being quite clear on the characteristics of the two processes (‘Type 1’ processes are fast, autonomous, intuitive, etc. ...