The heart trumps the head: Desirability bias in political belief revision.
Ben M Tappin; Leslie van der Leer; Ryan McKay · 2017 · Journal of Experimental Psychology General
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Abstract
Understanding how individuals revise their political beliefs has important implications for society. In a preregistered study (N = 900), we experimentally separated the predictions of 2 leading theories of human belief revision-desirability bias and confirmation bias-in the context of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Participants indicated who they desired to win, and who they believed would win, the election. Following confrontation with evidence that was either consistent or inconsistent with their desires or beliefs, they again indicated who they believed would win. We observed a robust
Abstract by Ben M Tappin; Leslie van der Leer; Ryan McKay, Journal of Experimental Psychology General (2017) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1037/xge0000298