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Identity, Belief, and Bias
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This chapter presents research on the social psychology of identity and belief. Beliefs tied to long-held identities resist change and bias the processing of new information. Theoe phenomena help explain defensive denigration of victims of social problems, resistance to persuasion, intransigence in negotiation, and discrimination in hiring decisions. In each case, intervention strategies based on a social-psychological analysis provide a potential remedy.
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“When people are affirmed in valued domains unrelated to a dispute, they are more open to otherwise identity-threatening political information and less intransigent in negotiations”
From The Psychology of Change: Self-Affirmation and Social Psychological Intervention (2014) · cites this paper as Cohen 2012
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Metadata
- Authors
- Cohen, G. L.
- Corresponding author
- Cohen, Geoffrey L.
- ORCID
- Cohen, Geoffrey L.
- Venue
- Ideology, Psychology, and Law
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2012-01-11
- Pages
- 385-403
- OpenAlex
- W2485784528
- Cited by
- 15
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 3 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 9.66
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Oxford University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychology of Social Influence
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Power and Status Dynamics
- Keywords
- identity, belief, bias, resistance to persuasion, hiring discrimination, prejudice, social identity, intervention strategies
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