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A hypothesis-confirming bias in labeling effects

Darley, John M., Gross, Paget H.·1983·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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  • Initial information has a great impact in priming and creating expectations, and thus can bias if and how subsequent information is processed.

    “The idea behind LSU and LSU-E is that the initial information has a great impact in priming and creating expectations, and thus can bias if and how subsequent information is processed”

    From Biased and biasing: the hidden bias cascade and bias snowball effects (2025) · cites this paper as Darley & Gross, 1983

  • Self-fulfilling prophecies can be pernicious when the beliefs at the center capture negative social conceptions, such as stereotypes, anxious expectations, fear, or hostility.

    “Importantly, SFPs can be pernicious when the beliefs at the center of them capture negative social conceptions, for instance, stereotypes, anxious expectations, fear, or hostility (Darley and Gross 1983;Downey et al. 1998;Madon et al. 2018).”

    From What Is the Function of Confirmation Bias? (2022) · cites this paper as Darley and Gross 1983

  • Prior research on self-serving biases and biased processing suggests that the bias results from selective information processing.

    “Prior research on self-serving biases (Dunning, Meyerowitz and Holzberg, 1989), and on biased processing of information in general (Darley and Gross, 1983), suggests that the bias results from selective information processing.”

    From Explaining Bargaining Impasse: The Role of Self-Serving Biases (1997) · cites this paper as Darley and Gross, 1983

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Authors
Darley, J. M., & Gross, P. H.
Affiliations
Princeton University (US)
Venue
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Published
1983-01
Volume
44
Issue
1
Pages
20-33
ISSN
  • 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1315
OpenAlex
W2031398192
Cited by
1,173
References
3
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 51 · 2022: 42 · 2021: 38 · 2020: 96 · 2019: 73 · 2018: 50 · 2017: 26 · 2016: 32 · 2015: 39 · 2014: 39 · 2013: 40 · 2012: 42
FWCI
45.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Categorization, perception, and language
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Keywords
labeling effects, confirmation bias, social categorization, stereotypes, self-concept

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