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IDENTITY-PROTECTIVE COGNITION [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
DEF

[The] tendency to selectively accept and dismiss information to support one's identity.

CONT

Identity-protective cognition, like other forms of motivated reasoning, operates through a variety of discrete psychological mechanisms. Individuals are more likely to seek out information that supports than information that challenges positions associated with their group identity (biased search). They are also likely [to selectively] credit or dismiss a form of evidence or argument based on its congeniality to their identity (biased assimilation).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología cognitiva
DEF

Tendencia de los individuos a elegir y procesar información de maneras destinadas a proteger su estatus como miembros de un grupo o subcultura deseable.

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