ABSTRACT

The study examined myside bias among Bulgarian students using a research paradigm devised by Stanovich and West (2007 Stanovich, K. E. , & West, R. F. (2007). Natural myside bias is independent of cognitive ability. Thinking & Reasoning , 13 (3), 225–247. https://doi.org/10.1080/13546780600780796 [Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]. Natural myside bias is independent of cognitive ability. Thinking & Reasoning, 13(3), 225–247. https://doi.org/10.1080/13546780600780796; Stanovich, K. E., & West, R. F. [2008]. On the failure of cognitive ability to predict myside and one-sided thinking biases. Thinking & Reasoning, 14(2), 129–167. https://doi.org/10.1080/13546780701679764). Ten domains of personally relevant everyday experience were selected, including previously unexplored domains such as preferences for popular music styles. Replicating previous findings, the study found myside bias in all domains but one but failed to find an association between the magnitude of myside bias and school performance. Importantly, music styles that received more extreme liking ratings, regardless of direction, generated a larger myside bias. The study thus presents first exploratory evidence that the strength of prior opinion predicts the magnitude of myside bias not only within a particular topic but also across a set of related topics. This finding is in line with the dual-process account of myside bias as the result of Type 1 processing, further suggesting a potential mechanism in terms of the affect heuristic.

摘要

该研究使用了由Stanovich和West（2007年 Stanovich，KE ，＆ West，RF （2007）。天然偏侧偏倚与认知能力无关。思维与推理，13（3），225 – 247。https://doi.org/10.1080/13546780600780796 [Taylor＆Francis Online]，[Web ofScience®] 和[Google Scholar]。天然myside偏倚与认知能力无关。思维与推理，13（3），225–247。https://doi.org/10.1080/13546780600780796; Stanovich，KE和West，RF [2008]。对失败的认知能力无法预测自己的偏见和偏向思维。思维与推理，14（2），129–167。https://doi.org/10.1080/13546780701679764）。选择了与个人相关的日常体验的十个领域，包括以前未曾探索过的领域，例如对流行音乐风格的偏好。重复先前的发现，该研究在所有领域中发现了偏侧偏见，但没有发现偏偏的程度与学校成绩之间存在关联。重要的是，无论方向如何，获得更高极端喜欢度的音乐风格都会产生更大的偏见。因此，该研究提供了第一个探索性证据，即事前意见的强度不仅可以预测特定主题内的偏见程度，而且可以预测一系列相关主题的偏见。这一发现与第1类处理的myside偏倚的双重处理相符，