Ideology, Motivated Reasoning, and Cognitive Reflection

Decision scientists have identified various plausible sources of ideological polarization over climate change, gun violence, national security, and like issues that turn on empirical evidence. This paper describes a study of three of them: the predominance of heuristic-driven information processing...

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Published in:	Judgment and Decision Making Vol. 8; no. 4; pp. 407 - 424
Main Author:	Kahan, Dan M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Tallahassee Society for Judgment and Decision Making 01.07.2013 Cambridge University Press
Subjects:	Climate change Cognition & reasoning Cognitive style Conservatism Decision making Dogmatism Firearm laws & regulations Heuristic Hypotheses Ideology Information processing Law schools NANAKeywords Nuclear power plants Studies
ISSN:	1930-2975, 1930-2975
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