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The relationship between chronically and temporarily accessible causal uncertainty and responses to related stimuli

Wichman, Aaron L.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1132350654

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2005, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Psychology.
Causal Uncertainty (CU; Weary & Edwards, 1994) is an aversive motivational state associated with beliefs that one is uncertain about the causes of events. CU threatens one’s ability to accurately predict and control the environment. As such, CU constitutes a threat to self-worth. Some people experience CU more often than others and may come to hold chronically-accessible CU beliefs. Preliminary evidence for the chronic accessibility of CU has been found by Edwards and Weary (under review). However, it is not clear that this evidence reflects only accessibility, or also the personal relevance and perceived threatening nature of CU-related stimuli. The studies described here provide converging evidence for the findings of Edwards and Weary (under review). They go on to provide evidence for the proposition that CU is negatively evaluated and for the relationship between self-worth and responses to uncertainty in causally-uncertain individuals.
Gifford Weary (Advisor)
119 p.
Causal Uncertainty; Accessibility; Attitude Accessibility; Lexical Decision Task

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  • Wichman, A. L. (2005). The relationship between chronically and temporarily accessible causal uncertainty and responses to related stimuli [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1132350654

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wichman, Aaron. The relationship between chronically and temporarily accessible causal uncertainty and responses to related stimuli. 2005. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1132350654.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wichman, Aaron. "The relationship between chronically and temporarily accessible causal uncertainty and responses to related stimuli." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1132350654

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