The case for motivated reasoning.

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Summary

It is proposed that motivation may affect reasoning through reliance on a biased set of cognitive processes--that is, strategies for accessing, constructing, and evaluating beliefs--that are considered most likely to yield the desired conclusion.

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review
Published
1990-11-01
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Variety (cybernetics), Construct (python library), Set (abstract data type), Affect (linguistics), Cognition

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