Confirmation bias in sequential information search after preliminary decisions: an expansion of dissonance theoretical research on selective exposure to information.

By E. Jonas, S. Schulz-Hardt, Dieter Frey, N. Thelen. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2001

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, General Decision Sciences, Sociology and Political Science

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The role of confirmation bias in suspect interviews: A systematic evaluation (2008, background): “The research carried out by Jonas et al. (2001) has potentially important implications for suspect interviews.”
The Negative Effects of Social Capital in Organizations: A Review and Extension (2017, positive): “On the basis of this body of work as a whole, we reason that a significant danger posed by greater levels of SC is the fueling of confirmation bias (Jonas et al. 2001).”
The Role of Regulatory Focus in Preference Construction (2006, background): “Research on dissonance theory (e.g., Festinger 1957) and information search (e.g., Johnston 1996; Jonas et al. 2001) suggests that people often search for information that confirms their prior attitudes, initial decisions, or commitment to an alternative.”
The ostrich effect: Selective attention to information (2009, result): “Although some studies have equivocal findings (Cotton 1985; Festinger 1964; Freedman and Sears 1965), the most recent research provides quite strong support for the selective exposure hypothesis (e.g., Jonas, Schulz-Hardt, Frey and Thelen 2001; Frey and Stahlberg 1986).”
Role of psychology in sociotechnical transitions studies: Review in relation to consumption and technology acceptance (2018, background): “For example, concerning findings on the confirmation bias, social psychologists (Jonas et al., 2001, p. 558) note: “However, it is not yet clear whether these results can be generalized to and thus have implications for real-world decision making, for example, in politics or business.””
Attitudes and persuasion. (2006, neutral): “…to find controversy still attending his classic study with Carlsmith (Festinger & Carlsmith 1959, Harmon-Jones 2000b), and active research on free choice (Kitayama et al. 2004), postdecision regret (Brownstein et al. 2004), and even selective exposure to (in)consistent data (Jonas et al. 2001).”