Motivational sources of confirmation bia
Motivational sources of confirmation bias in criminal investigations: the need for cognitive closure
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Karl Ask; Pรคr Anders Granhag
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Article
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2005
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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In two experiments, criminal investigators (N = 50) and undergraduate students (N = 68) read a set of facts from the preliminary investigation of a homicide case. Participants' initial hypothesis regarding the crime was manipulated by providing background information implying that the prime suspect