Considering the Opposite¶
Lord, C. G., Lepper, M. R., & Preston, E. (1984). Considering the Opposite: A Corrective Strategy for Social Judgment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 47(6), 1231-1243.
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Mechanisms¶
- Why Else Could This Be True? Prompt
- Its strength is reach at near-zero cost: it interrupts the reflex that treats a coherent story as a true one, and prompting people to consider how the opposite conclusion might hold is a documented way to reduce overconfidence and biased assimilation.
This sourceFinds that prompting people to consider opposite possibilities reduces biased assimilation in social judgment.
- Its strength is reach at near-zero cost: it interrupts the reflex that treats a coherent story as a true one, and prompting people to consider how the opposite conclusion might hold is a documented way to reduce overconfidence and biased assimilation.
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