Attitude polarization: theory and evidence

Benoit, Jean Pierre; Dubra, Juan

dc.rights.license	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional	*
dc.contributor.author	Benoit, Jean Pierre
dc.contributor.author	Dubra, Juan
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-22T18:50:19Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-22T18:50:19Z
dc.date.issued	2014	es
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12806/1343
dc.description.abstract	Numerous experiments have demonstrated the possibility of attitude polarization.For instance, Lord, Ross & Leper (1979) found that death penalty advocates becamemore convinced of the deterrent e§ect of the death penalty while opponents becomemore convinced of the lack of a deterrent e§ect, after being presented with the samestudies. However, there is an unclear understanding of just what these experimentsshow and what their implications are. We argue that attitude polarization is consistentwith an unbiased evaluation of evidence. Moreover, attitude polarization is even to beexpected under many circumstances, in particular those under which experiments areconducted. We also undertake a critical re-examination of several well-known papers.	es
dc.format.extent	13 p.	es
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	es
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía	es
dc.relation.ispartof	Documentos de trabajo del Departamento de Economía	es
dc.rights	Abierto	es
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Attitude polarization	es
dc.subject	Confirmation bias	es
dc.subject	Bayesian decision making	es
dc.title	Attitude polarization: theory and evidence	es
dc.type	Documento de trabajo	es
dc.contributor.filiacion	Benoit, Jean Pierre. London Buisness School	es
dc.contributor.filiacion	Dubra, Juan. Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay	es
dc.type.version	Publicada	es