DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1912301117
论文题名: The objectivity illusion and voter polarization in the 2016 presidential election
作者: Schwalbe M.C. ; Cohen G.L. ; Ross L.D.
刊名: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
ISSN: 0027-8424
出版年: 2020
卷: 117, 期: 35 起始页码: 21218
结束页码: 21229
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Cognitive bias
; Intergroup conflict
; Polarization
; Political psychology
Scopus关键词: Article
; cognitive bias
; conflict
; controlled study
; election
; female
; human
; human experiment
; male
; objectivity illusion
; political polarization
; politics
; priority journal
; psychology
; United States
; adult
; attitude
; illusion
; longitudinal study
; middle aged
; motivation
; perception
; social behavior
; Adult
; Attitude
; Female
; Goals
; Humans
; Illusions
; Longitudinal Studies
; Male
; Middle Aged
; Politics
; Social Behavior
; Social Perception
英文摘要: Two studies conducted during the 2016 presidential campaign examined the dynamics of the objectivity illusion, the belief that the views of “my side” are objective while the views of the opposing side are the product of bias. In the first, a three-stage longitudinal study spanning the presidential debates, supporters of the two candidates exhibited a large and generally symmetrical tendency to rate supporters of the candidate they personally favored as more influenced by appropriate (i.e., “normative”) considerations, and less influenced by various sources of bias than supporters of the opposing candidate. This study broke new ground by demonstrating that the degree to which partisans displayed the objectivity illusion predicted subsequent bias in their perception of debate performance and polarization in their political attitudes over time, as well as closed-mindedness and antipathy toward political adversaries. These associations, furthermore, remained significant even after controlling for baseline levels of partisanship. A second study conducted 2 d before the election showed similar perceptions of objectivity versus bias in ratings of blog authors favoring the candidate participants personally supported or opposed. These ratings were again associated with polarization and, additionally, with the willingness to characterize supporters of the opposing candidate as evil and likely to commit acts of terrorism. At a time of particular political division and distrust in America, these findings point to the exacerbating role played by the illusion of objectivity. © 2020 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/164070
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作者单位: Schwalbe, M.C., Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2130, United States; Cohen, G.L., Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2130, United States; Ross, L.D., Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2130, United States
Recommended Citation:
Schwalbe M.C.,Cohen G.L.,Ross L.D.. The objectivity illusion and voter polarization in the 2016 presidential election[J]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,2020-01-01,117(35)