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ECIN Replication Package for "Political ideology, emotion response, and confirmation bias"
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) David Dickinson, Appalachian State University
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Project Citation:
Dickinson, David. ECIN Replication Package for “Political ideology, emotion response, and confirmation bias.” Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-08-20. https://doi.org/10.3886/E207846V3
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ABSTRACT
Motivated reasoning can serve to help resolve emotional discomfort, which suggests emotion as a likely moderator of such reasoning. This paper addresses a gap in the literature by examining emotion and confirmation bias in the political domain. Results from two preregistered studies, which involved over 900 unique participants, document a confirmation bias across distinct dimensions of belief and preference formation. Also, ideologically dissonant information significantly worsens self-reported emotion. With some exceptions, the evidence generally supports the hypothesis that negative emotion moderates the strength of the bias, which highlights the importance of emotion response in understanding and potentially counteracting confirmation bias.
ABSTRACT
Motivated reasoning can serve to help resolve emotional discomfort, which suggests emotion as a likely moderator of such reasoning. This paper addresses a gap in the literature by examining emotion and confirmation bias in the political domain. Results from two preregistered studies, which involved over 900 unique participants, document a confirmation bias across distinct dimensions of belief and preference formation. Also, ideologically dissonant information significantly worsens self-reported emotion. With some exceptions, the evidence generally supports the hypothesis that negative emotion moderates the strength of the bias, which highlights the importance of emotion response in understanding and potentially counteracting confirmation bias.
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Appalachian State University (Walker College of Business)
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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confirmation bias;
deliberation;
emotion;
cognitive reflection;
motivated reasoning
JEL Classification:
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C91 Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
D89 Information and Uncertainty: Other
D91 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
C91 Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
D89 Information and Uncertainty: Other
D91 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
Manuscript Number:
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ECIN-Mar-2024-0108
Methodology
Data Source:
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original data collected from two online studies that included decision tasks reported in the paper.
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