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[[category: Social Studies]]
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** but the person didn't notice until first experiencing or observing it
** but the person didn't notice until first experiencing or observing it
* thus the "new car syndrome"  
* thus the "new car syndrome"  
=== Bystander effect ===
* when more people are present, they are less likely to act or intervene in a situation under the assumption that someone else will act


=== "Cargo Cult" fallacy ===
=== "Cargo Cult" fallacy ===
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=== Mandela effect ===
=== Mandela effect ===


* false memories created by the spread of one or more sources of innacurate or false information that is then shared by others
* false memories created by the spread of one or more sources of inaccurate or false information that is then shared by others
* named the "Mandela effect" for a "paranormal researcher" who claimed that she was sure Mandela died in prison in the 1980s, and upon publishing this on a website she found that many other people shared in or adopted her false memory
* named the "Mandela effect" for a "paranormal researcher" who claimed that she was sure Mandela died in prison in the 1980s, and upon publishing this on a website she found that many other people shared in or adopted her false memory
* these false memories are then propogated and believed by others who were not part of the original false memory  
* these false memories are then propogated and believed by others who were not part of the original false memory