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How does “emporiophobia” develop?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2018

Margaret Echelbarger
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. [email protected]@umich.eduwww.mechelbarger.comhttps://lsa.umich.edu/psych/people/faculty/gelman.html
Susan A. Gelman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. [email protected]@umich.eduwww.mechelbarger.comhttps://lsa.umich.edu/psych/people/faculty/gelman.html
Charles W. Kalish
Affiliation:
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706. [email protected]://edpsych.education.wisc.edu/staff/kalish-charles/

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.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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