Essentially, the researcher proposes that motivation influences reasoning not just by adding bias, but by affecting which cognitive strategies (beliefs, rules, memories) people use. Motivated reasoning is constrained; people are better able to reach their desired conclusion when they can construct plausible justifications for it. They are not completely free to conclude anything they like. So even when motivated to be accurate, bias may persist if individuals don’t have or don’t use more appropriate reasoning strategies.
People seem to be more attached to ideas they had themselves, rather than ones others tell them. I suspect it’s more successful to lead them to a conclusion they feel they came to on their own.
Can I see those studies?
I suspect people might not change their minds overtly but might internally, slowly, over time.
It’s way easier to admit you were wrong to yourself in your head than to another human being.
I don’t know the exact papers OOP cited, but here’s one that is strongly supported.
Essentially, the researcher proposes that motivation influences reasoning not just by adding bias, but by affecting which cognitive strategies (beliefs, rules, memories) people use. Motivated reasoning is constrained; people are better able to reach their desired conclusion when they can construct plausible justifications for it. They are not completely free to conclude anything they like. So even when motivated to be accurate, bias may persist if individuals don’t have or don’t use more appropriate reasoning strategies.
People seem to be more attached to ideas they had themselves, rather than ones others tell them. I suspect it’s more successful to lead them to a conclusion they feel they came to on their own.