CONFIRMATION BIAS EFFECTS IN THE WELFARE BELIEFS OF THE RESIDENTS OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

• Authors: Vyrost Jozef , Fedakova Denisa , Kentos Michal
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Confirmation bias phenomenon is known as a tendency of people to prefer information that supports their expectations. European Social Survey Round 4 rotating module (Svallfors et al., 2007) gives opportunity to demonstrate that if people expect some development in their personal lives in future, it has an impact (e.g., confirmation bias) on the way they perceive and interpret the present situation, the conditions of their life.

Keywords

EN

CONFIRMATION BIAS; EUROPEAN SOCIAL SURVEY; PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE PERCEPTION

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 327-332
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Vyrost Jozef

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Fedakova Denisa

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Kentos Michal

• Jozef Vyrost, Ustav socialnych vied SAV, Karpatska 5, 040 01 Kosice, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11SKAAAA094435