Contagion Heuristic

Blog posts

• The Laws of Magic by Annoyance

Blog posts

• The Laws of Magic by Annoyance

• Connotation, Sympathetic magic
• Status
• Priming, Halo effect
• Crackpot

The contagion heuristic is a psychological heuristic leading people to avoid contact with people or objects viewed as "contaminated" by previous contact with someone or something viewed as bad — or, less often, to seek contact with objects that have been in contact with people or things considered good.

See also

• Sympathetic magic
• Halo effect

Blog posts

• The Laws of Magic by Annoyance