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.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2006

DOI

10.1111/j.1540-5907.2006.00214.x

Link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5907.2006.00214.x

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psychology_cognitive_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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