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desirability bias: a standalone construct

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desirabilitybias1 CONSTRUCTDesirability biasTAPPIN · POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Political psychology

updating beliefs toward what one wants to be true, as distinct from updating toward what one already believes.

In political psychology, desirability bias refers to updating beliefs toward what one wants to be true, as distinct from updating toward what one already believes. This meaning comes from Tappin (2017) in Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.[1]

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  1. Tappin, B. M., van der Leer, L., & McKay, R. T. (2017). The heart trumps the head: Desirability bias in political belief revision. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 146(8), 1143-1149. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000298

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