Hope to be right: Biased information seeking following arbitrary and informed predictions

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 106-112

  Scherer, Aaron M ^a   Windschitl, Paul D ^a   Smith, Andrew R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive dissonance; Confirmation bias; Information searches; Overconfidence; Positive test strategy; Selective exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867567197     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.07.012     Document Type: Article

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