Deceptive claims surround us, embedded in fake news, advertisements, political
propaganda, and rumors. How do people know what to believe? Truth judgments reflect …

Erroneous beliefs are difficult to correct. Worse, popular correction strategies, such as the
myth-versus-fact article format, may backfire because they subtly reinforce the myths through …

The widespread prevalence and persistence of misinformation in contemporary societies,
such as the false belief that there is a link between childhood vaccinations and autism, is a …

Since the publication of our first text on social cognition, a lot has changed for us personally
(children come and gone, grandchildren have arrived, new jobs, new houses) and …

This book explores the major concepts and theories of the psychology of bargaining and
negotiation, and the dynamics of interpersonal and intergroup conflict and its resolution. It is …

It explores the major concepts and theories of the psychology of bargaining and negotiation,
and the dynamics of interpersonal and inter-group conflict and its resolution. Twelve of the …

This chapter reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on the concept of credibility and
its areas of application relevant to information science and technology, encompassing …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the role of metacognitive experiences in
judgment and decision making, and explores their implications for debiasing strategies and …

Repeated statements receive higher truth ratings than new statements. Given that repetition
leads to greater experienced processing fluency, the author proposes that fluency is used in …

Recent research on the self-validation hypothesis suggests that source credibility identified
after message processing can influence the confidence people have in their own thoughts …