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dc.contributor.authorStubbersfield, Joseph M
dc.contributor.authorTehrani, Jamshid J
dc.contributor.authorFlynn, Emma G
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-26T23:30:55Z
dc.date.available2016-06-26T23:30:55Z
dc.date.issued2015-05
dc.identifier192134355
dc.identifier752b06d2-6a6f-49ad-987d-41a31257e7e4
dc.identifier24975479
dc.identifier84926521542
dc.identifier.citationStubbersfield , J M , Tehrani , J J & Flynn , E G 2015 , ' Serial killers, spiders and cybersex : social and survival information bias in the transmission of urban legends ' , British Journal of Psychology , vol. 106 , no. 2 , pp. 288-307 . https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12073en
dc.identifier.issn0007-1269
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/9048
dc.descriptionDate of Acceptance: 02/05/2014en
dc.description.abstractThis study uses urban legends to examine the effects of the social information bias and survival information bias on cultural transmission across three phases of transmission: the choose-to-receive phase, the encode-and-retrieve phase, and the choose-to-transmit phase. In line with previous research into content biases, a linear transmission chain design with 60 participants aged 18-52 was used to examine the encode-and-retrieve phase, while participants were asked to rank their interest in reading the story behind a headline and passing a story on for the other two phases. Legends which contained social information (Social Type), legends which contained survival information (Survival Type), and legends which contained both forms of information (Combined Type) were all recalled with significantly greater accuracy than control material, while Social and Combined Type legends were recalled with significantly greater accuracy than Survival Type legends. In another study with 30 participants aged 18-22, no significant differences were found between legend types in either the choose-to-receive phase or the choose-to-transmit phase.
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dc.format.extent2595296
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofBritish Journal of Psychologyen
dc.subjectCultural evolutionen
dc.subjectCultural transmissionen
dc.subjectEvolutionary psychologyen
dc.subjectContent biasesen
dc.subjectUrban legendsen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.titleSerial killers, spiders and cybersex : social and survival information bias in the transmission of urban legendsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Biologyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Psychology and Neuroscienceen
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/bjop.12073
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2016-06-27


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