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Review paper

Confirmation as coping with competition

Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 299 - 339
Published: Jan 1, 2018
Abstract
Confirmation is a widespread tendency to seek, use, interpret or remember information in such a way as to corroborate one's hypothesis. We review various conceptions of confirmation and classify them as a function of whether they depict this phenomenon as a cognitive failure, a form of motivational prioritisation, or a pragmatic strategy. Then, we note that such a systematic and pervasive phenomenon must be a central mechanism of human activity...
Paper Details
Title
Confirmation as coping with competition
Published Date
Jan 1, 2018
Volume
29
Issue
1
Pages
299 - 339
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