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“…One may make an eVort to understand the opposite position as a means of better defending one's own position, attacking the opposing view, or arriving at a compromise that both sides can agree upon. A study by Jones and Aneshansel (1956) suggests that the perceived utility of counterarguments plays a role in determining whether they will be remembered. When subjects were led to believe that they would have to defend their beliefs at a later time, they showed better recall for arguments that opposed their beliefs than arguments that supported their beliefs.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…One may make an eVort to understand the opposite position as a means of better defending one's own position, attacking the opposing view, or arriving at a compromise that both sides can agree upon. A study by Jones and Aneshansel (1956) suggests that the perceived utility of counterarguments plays a role in determining whether they will be remembered. When subjects were led to believe that they would have to defend their beliefs at a later time, they showed better recall for arguments that opposed their beliefs than arguments that supported their beliefs.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…The extrinsic purposes established by a teacher or experimenter, however, can apparently overrride the reader's internal purpose. This point was clearly demonstrated in a study by Jones and Aneshansel (1956). Prosegregation and antisegregation subjects were asked to learn antisegregation statements.…”
Section: The Psychosodal Research Basementioning
confidence: 97%
“…It may be noted that Jones and Aneshansel (1956) demonstrated a reversal of the selective-learning finding when their subjects anticipated using unacceptable ("contravaluant") information for the purpose of a debate subsequent to the learning task. This finding cannot, however, be used to explain away any of the negative results since subjects in the negative studies were not led in any way to expect subsequent usefulness of unacceptable information.…”
Section: Role Of Attitudementioning
confidence: 99%