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The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:

Kotsko, Adam. Creepiness. 2015
Francis T. McAndrew and Sara S. Koehnke, (On the Nature of) Creepiness. https://www.academia.edu/2465121/Creepiness

Developing the article as a Wikiproject[edit]

Hello, I'm a student planning to enrich this article over the next week for a university assignment. I've skimmed through the works of McAndrew et al (On the nature of creepiness, 2016) and of Watt et al (A case of the "Heeby Jeebies, 2016) and plan on structuring the article in the following sections:

Definition

unease due to encounters with creepy people
creepy people's characteristics according to the studies

Causes

ambiguity of threat
norm violation
unpredictability

Evolutionary explanation

why the previous mentioned causes trigger such unease (link with evolution)

I am still unsure of what can be done of the existing sections, like History. Another topic that I've encountered but haven't figured out how to include yet, is "creepiness" with respect to AI.

Let me know what you think and if you have any advice!

Thank you! Galloc2Cloud (talk) 15:25, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have since changed the structure to the one currently used:

Causes

- Individuals
- Technologies

Evolutionary Explanation

For future edits:
- I would suggest adding another subsection to the causes: "places". The paper "The Psychology, Geography, and Architecture of Horror: How places Creep us out" by McAndrew has plenty of material on the subject.
- The section "History and Studies" needs heavy editing. It could either be deleted or maybe changed to the origin of the word (https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/word-history-creep), which started being used thanks to Dickens
Galloc2Cloud (talk) 10:49, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Causes[edit]

Study listed under "causes" perpetuates ableism by its judgement of people with "odd" smiles and crooked teeth, disheveled appearance, or people exhibiting "unconventional" behavior aligns with people who are disabled by certain mental/emotional/intellectual/physical disabilities, affecting their ability to manipulate their appearance as to fit into social expectations (like having clean, "neat" appearance instead of "disheveled" appearance) or people with disabilities who may not move their bodies in the same way a person without said disability would. A lot of the discomfort around people who exhibit these traits is rooted in ableism, judgement of people based on the ableist's perception of others as "disabled" and the prejudice they hold against them, then the actions taken to make that judgement tangible through oppression. I think that the acknowledgement of ableism's role in that study is missing, and that can be dangerous. I'm not sure whether an acknowledgement of that is sufficient or the study could be replaced/removed from the article. I definitely think the wording can be changed a little. 2600:4040:A034:A300:38CD:A1D9:DC04:1A8F (talk) 03:13, 23 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]