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Social psychology

rating mixed evidence as stronger when it supports one's prior view, which can leave opposing partisans more polarized after reading the same evidence.

In social psychology, biased assimilation refers to rating mixed evidence as stronger when it supports one's prior view, which can leave opposing partisans more polarized after reading the same evidence. This meaning comes from Lord (1979) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.[1]

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References

Lord, C. G., Ross, L., & Lepper, M. R. (1979). Biased assimilation and attitude polarization: The effects of prior theories on subsequently considered evidence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 37(11), 2098-2109. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.37.11.2098

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