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On Metacognition And Culture

Metacognitive experiences have an important impact on judgment and decision-making. How difficult information is to process, for example, influences liking (Reber, Winkielman, and Schwarz, 1998), Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Aner Sela, Jonah Berger
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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When The Going Gets Tough The Materialistic Go Shopping: Materialism And Consumption Response To

Recent consumer research has examined the influence of existential insecurity on a variety of consumption-related behaviors. Drawing upon Terror Management Theory, this research suggests that in Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Ayalla Ruvio, Eli Somer, Aric Rindfleisch
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Proud To Belong Or Proudly Different? Contrasting Effects Of Incidental Pride On Conformity

Pride is as an emotional response to success or achievement (Lazarus 1991; MacInnis and Patrick 2006; Mukhopadhyay and Johar 2007), in which the self is attributed as having achieved an important Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Xun (Irene) Huang, Ping Dong, Anirban Mukhopadhyay
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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The Effects Of Resource Scarcity On The Ideal Female Body Size

When it comes to women’s body ideals, is it true that thin is in? Or is shapely sexy? The answer to this question varies considerably across cultures. Although ultra-thin female models are Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Sarah E. Hill, Danielle DelPriore, Christopher D. Rodeheffer, Max Butterfield
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Asserting Integration Through Nostalgic Discourses: Acculturation To An International Community

The concept of nostalgia has played an important role in consumer research for the last decades. Its main conceptualization is one of “bitter-sweet” feelings of longing for a past considered as Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Julie Emontspool, Dannie Kjeldgaard
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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