Impartial presentation of both sides moderates attitudinal position¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 1953 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In the impartial presentation context, subjects became more moderate in their attitudinal position, verified for male subjects but hard to interpret for female subjects. → Jarrett 1953

Evidence¶

Jarrett 1953¶

Jarrett, R. F., & Sherriffs, A. C. (1953). Propaganda, Debate, and Impartial Presentation as Determiners of Attitude Change. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 48, 33–41. doi:10.1037/h0062882 (read through Allen's 1953 research abstract, doi:10.1007/bf02713265)

q2 · i? · causal · r1

An experiment with 815 University of California students exposed to an impartial presentation of both pro-male and pro-female arguments; the authors report moderation was "verified for the male.s" while female results were hard to interpret.

"that in the impartial presentation context Ss would become more moderate in their attitudinal position. This was also verified for the male.s, but for the reason given above the results for the female Ss are hard to interpret."

Discussion¶

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