Not by desire alone: The role of cognitive consistency in the desirability bias
We demonstrate that the desirability bias, the elevation of the estimated likelihood of a preferred event, can be due in part to the desire for consistency between the preference for the favored event and its predicted likelihood. An experiment uses a participant’s favorite team in Major League Base...
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| Language: | English |
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Society for Judgment and Decision Making
2016-09-01
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| Series: | Judgment and Decision Making |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.sjdm.org/15/15802/jdm15802.pdf |