Original paper
Creating Social Connection Through Inferential Reproduction
Abstract
People are motivated to maintain social connection with others, and those who lack social connection with other humans may try to compensate by creating a sense of human connection with nonhuman agents. This may occur in at least two ways-by anthropomorphizing nonhuman agents such as nonhuman animals and gadgets to make them appear more humanlike and by increasing belief in commonly anthropomorphized religious agents (such as God). Three studies...
Paper Details
Title
Creating Social Connection Through Inferential Reproduction
Published Date
Feb 1, 2008
Journal
Volume
19
Issue
2
Pages
114 - 120
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