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Misperceptions in Intergroup Conflict: Disagreeing About What We Disagree About
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Two studies examined misperceptions of disagreement in partisan social conflicts, namely, in the debates over abortion (Study 1) and politics (Study 2). We observed that partisans tend to exaggerate differences of opinion with their adversaries. Further, we found that perceptions of disagreement were more pronounced for values that were central to the perceiver's own ideology than for values that were central to the ideology of the perceiver's adversaries. To the extent that partisans assumed disagreement concerning personally important values, they were also inaccurate in perceiving their adversaries' actual opinions. Discussion focuses on the cognitive mechanisms underlying misperceptions of disagreement and strategies for reducing intergroup conflict.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Chambers, J. R., Baron, R. S., & Inman, M. L.
- Affiliations
- University of Florida (US)
- University of Iowa (US)
- Hope College (US)
- Corresponding author
- Chambers, John R.
- ORCID
- Inman, Mary L.
- Venue
- Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2006-01
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 38-45
- ISSN
- 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9280
- OpenAlex
- W2143730034
- Cited by
- 155
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 22 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 9.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- autopapers.ssrn.com
- Locations
- Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Hope College Digital Commons (Hope College) (submittedVersion)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Conflict Management and Negotiation
- Keywords
- intergroup conflict, partisanship, ideological polarization, abortion debate, political conflict, cognitive mechanisms, conflict mitigation
- MeSH terms
- Abortion, Legal, Adult, Attitude, Conflict, Psychological, Female, Humans, Male, Politics, Set, Psychology, Social Identification, Social Perception
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