CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON NUMBER PREFERENCES: CHRISTMAS AND GRADING SYSTEMS.
People consistently prefer numbers associated with themselves (e.g., birth dates) over other numbers. We argue that such number preferences are also shaped by cultural influences, such as customs regarding the day on which Christmas is celebrated and customs regarding ranking of numerals used in nat...
| Publicado en: | Psychological Record Vol. 63; no. 1; pp. 185 - 192 |
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