The Affective Tipping Point: Do Motivated Reasoners Ever “Get It”?

摘要: In order to update candidate evaluations voters must acquire information and determine whether that new supports or opposes their expectations. Normatively, negative about a preferred should result in downward adjustment of an existing evaluation. However, recent studies show exactly the opposite; become more supportive face negatively valenced information. Motivated reasoning is advanced as explanation, arguing people are psychologically motivated maintain support evaluations. Yet it seems unlikely do this ad infinitum. To so would suggest continued even extensive disconfirming study we consider processes can be overcome simply by continuing encounter incongruent with If so, reach tipping point after which they begin accurately updating We experimental evidence such affective does fact exist. also reached, anxiety increases, suggesting mechanism generates leads accurate may related theory intelligence. The existence suggests not immune all, when initially acting reasoners.