Emotional expression and the reduction of motivated cognitive bias
Evidence from cognitive dissonance and distancing from victims' paradigms
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6201152 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tom Pyszczynski (0000-0003-4008-3384, University of Colorado Colorado Springs), Jeff Greenberg (0000-0002-2206-0771), Sheldon Solomon (0000-0002-7035-2082, Skidmore College), John Sideris (0000-0002-7794-3504, University of Colorado Colorado Springs), Et Al, Mari Jo Stubing (University of Colorado Colorado Springs), et al et al |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 177-186 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037//0022-3514.64.2.177 |
| PMID | 8433271 |
| OpenAlex | W4229547884 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 37 |
Two experiments tested whether expression of emotions from which motivated cognitive biases presumably provide protection would reduce the extent of such biases. In Study I, we hypothesized that expressing any tension produced by writing a counterattitudinal essay would reduce the extent of dissonance-reducing attitude change. To test this hypothesis, Ss were induced to write an essay arguing for higher tuition. High-choice Ss were either encouraged to express their emotions, to suppress them, or to do neither. As expected, high-choice-express Ss exhibited the least attitude change. Study 2 tested the hypothesis that expressing fear of cancer would reduce the extent of defensive distancing from cancer patients, but expressing sympathy would not. Although control Ss clearly distanced from cancer patients, fear-expression Ss did not. Implications for understanding the role of affect in defense are discussed
Affect (linguistics) · Attitude change · Cognition · Cognitive bias · Cognitive dissonance · Cognitive psychology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Distancing · Expression (computer science · Self-justification · Self-perception theory · Social distance · Sympathy · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
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| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2024 (31) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |