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Correspondence bias in the attribution of political attitudes (a replication of Jones and Harris’s (1967) experiment on correspondence bias)
Author(s)
Date Issued
2017
Journal
ISSN
2244-1298
0115-3153
Citation
Philippine Journal of Psychology, 2017, vol. 50(2), pp. 140-158.
Type
Peer Reviewed Journal Article
Abstract
The study investigated correspondence bias in the attribution of
political attitudes by finding out if choice and behavior direction would
influence participants’ estimates of a person’s true attitude on a
controversial political issue. In a replication of Jones and Harris’s
(1967) classic experiment on correspondence bias, a sample of 145
college students were randomly assigned in one of the four treatment
conditions wherein they were instructed to read an essay that is: a)
pro-Reproductive Health (RH) Law, written in choice condition; b)
pro-RH Law, written in no choice condition; c) anti-RH Law, written
in choice condition; or d) anti-RH Law, written in no choice condition.
The participants were then asked to estimate the true attitude of the
essay-writer. Results showed that the participants estimated the
writer’s true attitude as being more in favor of the side of the issue in
which the direction of the essay was written, regardless of whether it
was written in the choice or no choice condition. Thus,
correspondence bias was evident in the participants’ attribution of
political attitudes.
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