Differences that don’t make much difference: Party asymmetry in open-minded cognitive styles has little relationship to information processing behavior
We investigated the link between party identification and several cognitive styles that are associated with open-minded thinking. We used a web-based survey which involved participants rating the strength of an argument they initially disagreed with. Results showed that Democrats tend to score highe...
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| description | We investigated the link between party identification and several cognitive styles that are associated with open-minded thinking. We used a web-based survey which involved participants rating the strength of an argument they initially disagreed with. Results showed that Democrats tend to score higher and Republicans tend to score lower on open-minded cognitive style variables. However, mediation analyses showed that these partisan differences in cognitive style generally have negligible relationships with how individuals assess the strength of arguments they disagree with. In other words, partisan differences in cognitive style may often make little meaningful difference to information processing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-54af64a4d5dd4ecc9e9cb55f9c0a1a832022-12-21T18:22:15ZengSAGE PublishingResearch & Politics2053-16802019-08-01610.1177/2053168019872045Differences that don’t make much difference: Party asymmetry in open-minded cognitive styles has little relationship to information processing behaviorApril Eichmeier0Neil Stenhouse1University of Wisconsin-Madison, USAGreenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, USAWe investigated the link between party identification and several cognitive styles that are associated with open-minded thinking. We used a web-based survey which involved participants rating the strength of an argument they initially disagreed with. Results showed that Democrats tend to score higher and Republicans tend to score lower on open-minded cognitive style variables. However, mediation analyses showed that these partisan differences in cognitive style generally have negligible relationships with how individuals assess the strength of arguments they disagree with. In other words, partisan differences in cognitive style may often make little meaningful difference to information processing.https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168019872045 |
| spellingShingle | April Eichmeier Neil Stenhouse Differences that don’t make much difference: Party asymmetry in open-minded cognitive styles has little relationship to information processing behavior Research & Politics |
| title | Differences that don’t make much difference: Party asymmetry in open-minded cognitive styles has little relationship to information processing behavior |
| title_full | Differences that don’t make much difference: Party asymmetry in open-minded cognitive styles has little relationship to information processing behavior |
| title_fullStr | Differences that don’t make much difference: Party asymmetry in open-minded cognitive styles has little relationship to information processing behavior |
| title_full_unstemmed | Differences that don’t make much difference: Party asymmetry in open-minded cognitive styles has little relationship to information processing behavior |
| title_short | Differences that don’t make much difference: Party asymmetry in open-minded cognitive styles has little relationship to information processing behavior |
| title_sort | differences that don t make much difference party asymmetry in open minded cognitive styles has little relationship to information processing behavior |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168019872045 |
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