Motivated Skepticism in the Evaluation of Political Beliefs¶
Taber, C. S., & Lodge, M. (2006). Motivated Skepticism in the Evaluation of Political Beliefs. American Journal of Political Science.
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Primes¶
- Motivated Reasoning
- Sophistication changes the quality of the reasons produced without changing the direction they were produced in.
This sourceFinds that greater sophistication increases rather than reduces directional bias, because expertise supplies more counterarguments to deploy selectively.
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The abstract supports the direction half only: polarization is strongest among the most politically sophisticated, so sophistication intensifies rather than reverses bias; it says nothing about the quality of the reasons produced.
“Both the confirmation and disconfirmation biases lead to attitude polarization—the strengthening of t 2 over t 1 attitudes—especially among those with the strongest priors and highest levels of political sophistication.”
- Sophistication changes the quality of the reasons produced without changing the direction they were produced in.
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