Perseverance of social theories the role of explanation in the persistence of discredited information

The perseverance of social theories was examined in two experiments within a debriefing paradigm. Subjects were initially given two case studies suggestive of either a positive or a negative relationship between risk taking and success as a firefighter. Some subjects were asked to provide a written...

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Main Authors: Anderson, Craig A. (Author), Lepper, Mark R. (Author)
Format: Analytics
Language:English
Published: ©1980.
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