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Reactive Devaluation

Social Biases and Group Effects

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.

Facts
Core ClaimSourced to the subject's own account
A 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
1988 1
Classification
Type of PhenomenonSourced to the subject's own account
Cognitive Phenomenon 1
Sources
1. Reactive Devaluation (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Lead section, first sentence.
    Reactive devaluation is a cognitive bias that occurs when a proposal is devalued if it appears to originate from an antagonist.
  • Lead section, second sentence.
    The bias was proposed by Lee Ross and Constance Stillinger (1988).
  • lead section, phenomenon-kind classification
    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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