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Psychological Aspects of Urban Legends
Title: Psychological Aspects of Urban Legends
Category: Social Sciences / Psychology
Details: Words: 1647 | Pages: 7.0 (approximately 235 words/page)
Psychological Aspects of Urban Legends
Many people have heard the tale, occasionally alluded to in popular culture but most often imparted as a thing that "really happened to a friend of a friend," of the dotty grandmother who tried to dry off her damp poodle by placing it in the microwave oven. The dog exploded, sad to say, and Grandma has never been quite the same since. The story is not true; it is an urban legend, circulating by word …showed first 75 words of 1647 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1647 total…Harold. Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2000. 180, 240-249.
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Roeper, Richard. Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Deliciously Entertaining Myths That Are Absolutely, Positively, 100% Not True. New York City: Career P, 1999. 179-182.
Zak, Paul. The Neurobiology of Trust. 11 Aug. 2003. 4 Mar. 2004.
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