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Examples
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Familiarity is an important step towards immersion.
In Defense Of The Classic Controller SVGL 2009
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Familiarity is a big one when it comes to box office, and there are few more renowned enterprises than "The Simpsons."
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“Familiarity is a powerful force,” says Karissa Thacker, a management psychologist and president of Strategic Performance Solutions Inc.
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The salon was nestled in the middle of a new three-channel video installation by the artists called "Familiarity with today is the best preparation for the future."
Makeovers at the Museum Litia Perta 2012
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But here is a "Uniquely Singaporean" phenomena of "Familiarity" is the better part of being in a contentious become contemptuous till so tempestuous "affair"!
The Online Citizen 2010
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Among these were “Swinging the Arms, and all other awkward gestures,” “Drumming with feet or hands in Company,” “All actions that have the most remote tendency to Indelicacy,” “All instances of that ill-judged Familiarity, which breeds contempt,” and “every thing which may be called Sluttish or Slovenly.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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By doing that list, I just broke the cardinal law of debunking myths: Don't lead with and certainly don't bold the myth because, as per The Familiarity Backfire Effect, this just reinforces the myth.
A. Siegel: Debunk Me! Debunk Me! "Lean, Mean, and Easy to Read..." A. Siegel 2011
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By doing that list, I just broke the cardinal law of debunking myths: Don't lead with and certainly don't bold the myth because, as per The Familiarity Backfire Effect, this just reinforces the myth.
A. Siegel: Debunk Me! Debunk Me! "Lean, Mean, and Easy to Read..." A. Siegel 2011
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"Familiarity does make a difference in terms of viewers tuning in."
Emmys get more familiar with an eye to pulling in viewers 2009
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By doing that list, I just broke the cardinal law of debunking myths: Don't lead with and certainly don't bold the myth because, as per The Familiarity Backfire Effect, this just reinforces the myth.
A. Siegel: Debunk Me! Debunk Me! "Lean, Mean, and Easy to Read..." A. Siegel 2011
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