The confirmability and disconfirmability of trait concepts revisited: does content matter?
M. Rothbart and B. Park (1986) demonstrated that, consistent with the common negativity bias, positive traits are difficult to confirm and easy to disconfirm, whereas the opposite is true for negative traits. This article extends their analysis by showing that trait (dis-)confirmability is moderated...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2007
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