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Is Conviction Narrative Theory a theory of everything or nothing?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 May 2023

Ben R. Newell Open the ORCID record for Ben R. Newell [Opens in a new window]  and
Aba Szollosi
Ben R. Newell
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia ben.newell@unsw.edu.au http://www2.psy.unsw.edu.au/Users/BNewell/
Aba Szollosi
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, UK.  aba.szollosi@gmail.com
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Abstract

We connect Conviction Narrative Theory to an account that views people as intuitive scientists who can flexibly create, evaluate, and modify representations of decision problems. We argue that without understanding how the relevant complex narratives (or indeed any representation, simple to complex) are themselves constructed, we also cannot know when and why people would rely on them to make choices.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e103
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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