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Mere-exposure effect

The mere-exposure effect is a psychological phenomenon by which people tend to develop a liking or disliking for things merely because they are familiar with them. In social psychology, this effect is sometimes called the familiarity principle. The effect has been demonstrated with many kinds of things, including words, Chinese characters, paintings…

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Mere-exposure effect

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related to Advertising · 10
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related to Goetzinger (1968) · 9
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related to Bornstein (1989) · 5
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