POL SCI 164A Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Motivated Reasoning, Ingroups And Outgroups, Ultimate Attribution Error

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL SCI 164A
• Professor: Stoker Laura

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But we ac ally eval a e i wi h bias oward o r exis ing opinion. More likely o accep if congr en wi h exis ing opinion, rejec if incongr en . Receive a comm nica ion abo dyad (if exis ing a i des oward objec s crea e rela ionships ha crea e he imbalance) ry o resolve/ disprove he imbalance sing he leas cogni ive effor . S bjec s hold belief abo dea h penal y and believe research is on heir side. Read s mmary of s dy s ppor ing or opposing heir view. Ideally, end p in same place (beca se he 5 cancel o ) or ake a more modera e posi ion. Then read s mmary of s dy wi h me hodological cri iq es abo he s dy. Record whe her opinion has changed (repea 10*)