Interactive effects of writing and reading a persuasive essay on attitude change and selective exposure

136 German high school students wrote an essay either supporting their own position on an issue or irrelevant to that issue. Subsequently, they received a communication that either supported or opposed their position and that either claimed to present the only reasonable position or acknowledged the viability of alternative positions. Then, they reported their own… Continue reading Interactive effects of writing and reading a persuasive essay on attitude change and selective exposure