Group Dynamics Q-Sort

Peterson, Randall S.; McGuire, Charles Edward; Chang, Shijie; Feld, Peter

doi:10.1037/t00947-000

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“…There is an abundance of research showing that these conditions will lead to some kind of equilibrium between confirmation and disconfirmation. In this case, you take your time to "rationally" scrutinize the available information in order to achieve the "best" possible solution, that is, the one that has all the chances to satisfy your audience or, at least, that you feel able to defend in front of this audience (e.g., Tetlock, 1992).…”

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Confirmation and Disconfirmation: Their Social Advantages

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Yzerbyt

et al. 1999

European Review of Social Psychology

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In this chapter, we review theory and research on strategies of hypothesis testing. We propose that confirmation is the default option in information processing; however, and contrary to common belief, it is not necessarily a lazy strategy and can even have social advantages. Disconfirmation, on the other hand, may be spontaneous and effortless. We also propose that both strategies, confirmation and disconfirmation, can fulfill inclusionary or exclusionary goals. Finally, a last series of experiments illustrates how perceivers can create ingroup biases without resorting either to confirmation or to disconfirmation. In general, we offer a perspective on perceivers as very fiexibie gatherers and interpreters of information, who use diverse strategies to their functional advantage.

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