Selective Exposure
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Selective exposure is the tendency to seek out information that supports our existing views and avoid information that challenges them.
Social Biases / Information seeking
/ Exposure bias
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Explore 3 cognitive biases related to this topic.
10 min read
Selective exposure is the tendency to seek out information that supports our existing views and avoid information that challenges them.
Social Biases / Information seeking
/ Exposure bias
11 min read
Motivated reasoning is the tendency to process information in a way that suits our desired conclusions, rather than seeking objective truth.
Cognitive Biases / Motivated cognition
/ Identity-protective cognition
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The backfire effect is the tendency for people to strengthen their existing beliefs when confronted with evidence that directly contradicts them, especially on identity-linked topics.
Social Biases / Motivated reasoning
/ Belief Backfire