Confirmation bias in sequential information search after preliminary decisions: An expansion of dissonance theoretical research on selective exposure to information.

2001/01/01 by Eva Jonas, Stefan Schulz‐Hardt, Stefan Schulz-Hardt +2 · 511 citations
Decision Sciences · Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Cognitive dissonance #Cognitive psychology #Computer science #Confirmation bias #Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics #Information processing #Information retrieval #Information seeking #Memory Processes and Influences #Psychology #Self-justification #Self-perception theory #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Social psychology

paper · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.80.4.557

published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 80(4), 557-571 (American Psychological Association (APA))

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