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Article detail · 2018

The Role of Anger in the Biased Assimilation of Political Information

Journal

Political Psychology
OpenAlex Open access · bronze SJR Q1 JCR Q1 Citations 145 Top 1% Percentile 99.7% FWCI 33.67
Year
2018
DOI
10.1111/pops.12463
Type
article

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  • YÖKSİS venue Political Psychology
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Abstract

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Political psychologists have established that politically motivated reasoning is a common phenomenon; however, the field knows comparatively less about the psychological mechanisms that drive it. Drawing on advances in the understanding of the relevance of emotion to political reasoning and behavior, we argue that anger likely plays a major role in motivating individuals to engage in the biased assimilation of political information—an evaluative bias in favor of information that bolsters one's views and against information that undercuts them. We test this proposition with two online studies, the second of which includes a quasi‐representative sample of Americans. The studies support our expectations. Individuals felt more negative emotions toward arguments that undermined their attitudes and positive emotions toward arguments that confirmed them; however, anger was nearly alone in fueling biased reactions to issue arguments.

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10 publications in the local catalog that cite this work (OpenAlex reference match; not the full global list).

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