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#539 Ralph Hertwig - Deliberate Ignorance: Choosing Not to Know

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Is Deliberate Ignorance One Single Psychological Phenomenon?

Is deliberate ignorance one single psychological phenomenon, or are there different types of deliberate ignorance? Ricardo: It's not just one animal, but it's different kinds of animals. And in a paper that I wrote together with my co author, Christoph Angela, we distinguish at least six different classes and functions of deliberate ignorance. He says sometimes you don't look up certain information because you want to regulate your emotions.

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