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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"attitude polarization"”.
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Seft-Monitoring and Attitude Polarization: Individual Differences in the Role of Belief Consistency and Belief Confidence in the Mere-Thought Effect
… thought effect is the tendency for favorable attitudes to become more favorable and unfavorable attitudes to become more unfavorable following thought (Tesser, 1978). Changes in belief-consistency and belief-confidence mediate this effect (Tesser, Martin, & Mendolia, 1995). However, there are …
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Revealing the Illusion of Explanatory Depth Can Hinder Persuasion
… process as an intervention to reduce political attitude polarization found that participants’ policy positions were less extreme after an attempt to explain the policies in detail; however, this finding has failed to consistently replicate. We hypothesized that revealing the illusion of …
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An examination of alternative theoretical approaches to understanding consumer opinions of complex and controversial technologies
… related to the theories of risk, group polarization theory and Rogers' Diffusion of Innovation theory. Much of the current literature on risk falls under one of two major perspectives; the cognitive-science perspective, which views risk in terms of objective hazards which can be …
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How Do Discussion Heterogeneity and Incivility Affect Opinion Expression and Polarization
… their effects on opinion expression, political polarization and response incivility. It fills a research gap by comparing 2 types of heterogeneity and homogeneity. It integrates group polarization theory in social psychology with empirical studies in communication by drawing analogy between …
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Attitudinal Responses to Mixed Evidence: The Role of Attitude Extremity and Political Ideology in Effecting Change versus Resistance
Four studies investigated the effects of attitude extremity and political ideology on the degree and direction of changes in issue attitudes following the presentation of mixed evidence. Based upon previous work, it was predicted that those holding relatively more extreme attitudes would resist …
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Use of Defensive and Receptive Reasoning Strategies and Receptiveness to Opposing Political Views
… F(9, 359) = 13.25, p < .001. Having more liberal attitudes, attitude polarization (extreme attitudes), and partisan polarization (extreme republican-democrat identification) were associated with less receptiveness. Gender and republican-democrat identification were not related to receptiveness. …