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SUBMITTER: Tappin BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5536309 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tappin Ben M BM van der Leer Leslie L McKay Ryan T RT
Journal of experimental psychology. General 20170529 8
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 w ...[more]