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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"resistance to persuasion"”.
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“Thinking Hard or Hardly Thinking?” Objective vs Subjective Elaboration and Resistance to Persuasion
… are formed through extensive elaboration tend to be more resistant to persuasion compared to attitudes based on less elaboration (Petty & Cacioppo, 1986). However, the measures researchers use to assess elaboration can vary; for example, a given researcher may use objective measures (e.g., …
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Implicit Ambivalence as a Motivational Factor in the Process of How Attitude Inoculation Induces Resistance to Persuasion
… tags of counter-attitudinal evaluations) in the resistance-conferring process of attitude inoculation, and proposed to introduce a new element, implicit ambivalence, into the underlying mechanism of inoculation. Specifically, the hypotheses of this study predict that the coexistence of accessible …
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Origins of Attitude Certainty and their Impact on Resistance To Persuasion: The Roles of Evidence Quality and Value-Relevance
The purpose of the current study was to explore the formation and consequences of attitude certainty based on good or poor evidence and having varying degrees of value-relevance. Specifically, it was proposed that attitudes would be held with high attitude certainty when value-relevant, regardless …
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The Long-Term Effectiveness of Inoculation Against Misinformation: An Integrated Theory of Memory, Threat, and Motivation
… inoculation theory has been a key framework to understand resistance to persuasion, yet many critical questions have remained unanswered. This dissertation aims to provide a theoretical and empirical understanding of how resistance to persuasion effects decay over time. In the context of …
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A Subjective Measure of Attitude Extremity: Validation and Extension
… The goal of the current research was therefore to test two propositions: First, that the measures should be largely independent of one another, and second, that each measure would tap into meaningful processes of the functioning of the attitude. Study one examined the role of objective and …
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Essays on resistance against persuasion: Building, strengthening, and spreading attitudinal resistance through inoculation theory.
The prevalence of misinformation is a threat to science, society, and the democratic process. Current efforts are mostly reactive and consist of predominantly legislative, algorithmic, and educational interventions. However, growing psychological research emphasises the difficulty of catching up …
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The Anatomy of a Controlling Message and the Impact of Reactance on Attitude Certainty
… (Brehm, 1966) has helped guide research on resistance to persuasion for over a half century. The theory holds that individuals value their freedom to make their own decisions, and when presented with a persuasive message, may perceive threat to their autonomy and react adversely to the …