Spillover Effect
A psychological concept referring to the tendency for behavioral patterns repeatedly reinforced in one context to transfer unconsciously to adjacent contexts. The phenomenon is associated with the neural mechanisms underlying habit formation and has implications for understanding cross-situational behavioral consistency.
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Certain things humans do in the environment (such as land-use change, urban expansion, and the widening of the interface between humans and wildlife) are creating conditions for pathogens to evolve and exploit, potentially changing the probability of pathogen spillover and transmission.
The probability of a spillover event depends on the product of three variables: the prevalence of the pathogen in the animal host, the frequency of human contact with the host, and the transmission probability per contact.
The psychological "spillover effect" refers to the tendency for behavioral patterns repeatedly reinforced in one context to transfer to adjacent contexts.
The transfer of behavioral spillover effects often occurs unconsciously, making it harder to notice and correct.
The intensity of spillover effects is influenced by multiple factors including individual differences, contextual similarity, and behavioral frequency.
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Certain things humans do in the environment (such as land-use change, urban expansion, and the widening of the interface between humans and wildlife) are creating conditions for pathogens to evolve and exploit, potentially changing the probability of pathogen spillover and transmission.
50%UnverifiedThe probability of a spillover event depends on the product of three variables: the prevalence of the pathogen in the animal host, the frequency of human contact with the host, and the transmission probability per contact.
50%UnverifiedThe psychological "spillover effect" refers to the tendency for behavioral patterns repeatedly reinforced in one context to transfer to adjacent contexts.
50%UnverifiedThe transfer of behavioral spillover effects often occurs unconsciously, making it harder to notice and correct.
50%UnverifiedThe intensity of spillover effects is influenced by multiple factors including individual differences, contextual similarity, and behavioral frequency.
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