Reactive devaluation is a cognitive bias in which a proposal is judged less favorably simply because it appears to come from an opposing party or antagonist. The bias was proposed by the psychologists Lee Ross and Constance Stillinger in 1988.
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Core ClaimSourced to the subject's own accountA cognitive bias in which a proposal is judged less favorably simply because it appears to come from an opposing party or antagonist, most clearly shown when identical proposals are rated differently depending on their claimed source. 1 First Described YearSourced to the subject's own account Classification
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1. Reactive Devaluation (Wikipedia)
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Reactive devaluation is a cognitive bias that occurs when a proposal is devalued if it appears to originate from an antagonist.
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The bias was proposed by Lee Ross and Constance Stillinger (1988).
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Reactive devaluation is a cognitive bias in which a proposal is judged less favorably simply because it appears to come from an opposing party or antagonist.
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