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Think different? Populist attitudes and their consequences on vote behaviour in the 2016 and 2020 italian constitutional referenda

open access: yesQOE-IJES, 2021
Following the rise of populist parties and leaders in the last decade, research has extensively investigated the political and economic factors that have driven some voters towards populism.
Mauro Bertolotti   +2 more
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Exploring the Psychological Processes That Underlie Interpersonal Forgiveness: Replication and Extension of the Model of Motivated Interpersonal Forgiveness

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
When, why, and how does interpersonal forgiveness occur? These questions guided recent research that compared the relative abilities of empathy versus motivated reasoning models to account for the influence of relationship closeness on interpersonal ...
Leigh Anne N. Donovan   +2 more
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How Education Did (and Did Not) Accentuate Partisan Differences During the Ebola Outbreak of 2014-15

open access: yesJournal of Social and Political Psychology, 2020
Education exacerbates partisan gaps in scientific knowledge and attitudes. However, previous findings about the extent and symmetry of this moderation have been mixed.
Chris C. Martin
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Gambling-Specific Cognitions Are Not Associated With Either Abstract or Probabilistic Reasoning: A Dual Frequentist-Bayesian Analysis of Individuals With and Without Gambling Disorder

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
BackgroundDistorted gambling-related cognitions are tightly related to gambling problems, and are one of the main targets of treatment for disordered gambling, but their etiology remains uncertain.
Ismael Muela   +2 more
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Can Oversight Mitigate Auditor’s Motivated Reasoning? An Experimental Study [PDF]

open access: yesEconomic and Business Review, 2015
Evidence of auditors’ failure to provide an independent opinion has reopened debates on measures to ensure auditor independence. We examine the effectiveness of oversight on two prominent determinants of auditor’s biased opinion – financial incentives ...
Sergeja Slapničar   +2 more
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The Asymmetric Effects of Identity Salience on Judgement: The Role of Valence and Attribute Congruence

open access: yesAsia Marketing Journal, 2023
A salient identity influences individuals' judgment on products. The current research investigates why identity salience sometimes produces asymmetric effects on an individual's judgment such that a salient identity often influences judgment on identity ...
DaHee Han, Claire Heeryung Kim
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Sincere or motivated? Partisan bias in advice-taking

open access: yesJudgment and Decision Making, 2023
Political divisions have become a central feature of modern life. Here, we ask whether these divisions affect advice-taking from co- and counter-partisans in a nonpolitical context.
Yunhao Zhang, David G. Rand
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Ambiguity Undermines Persuasive Effectiveness: Ego Involvement, Motivated Reasoning, and Message Ambiguity

open access: yesInternational Journal of Communication, 2023
Motivated reasoning is a form of biased processing where people evaluate messaging in such a way that it allows them to confirm their preexisting beliefs. The self-concept approach to motivated reasoning assumes that ego involvement drives this process,
David M. Keating, Qinjun Fan
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The Explanation-Polarisation Model: Pseudoscience Spreads Through Explanatory Satisfaction and Group Polarisation

open access: yesJournal of Social and Political Psychology, 2022
This article presents an integrative model for the endorsement of pseudoscience: the explanation-polarisation model. It is based on a combination of perceived explanatory satisfaction and group polarisation, offering a perspective different from the ...
Angelo Fasce
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Knowledge in International Relations: Susceptibilities to Motivated Reasoning Among Experts and Non-Experts

open access: yesJournal of Social and Political Psychology, 2019
Motivated reasoning as a pervasive feature of human psychology poses challenges to the ideal of liberal democratic government, which relies on citizens’ rationality.
Peter Beattie, Danielle Snider
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