• DOI:10.1007/S12144-010-9087-5
Corpus ID: 145497196

Biased Evaluation of Abstracts Depending on Topic and Conclusion: Further Evidence of a Confirmation Bias Within Scientific Psychology

@article{Hergovich2010BiasedEO,
  title={Biased Evaluation of Abstracts Depending on Topic and Conclusion: Further Evidence of a Confirmation Bias Within Scientific Psychology},
  author={Andreas Hergovich and R. Schott and Christoph Burger},
  journal={Current Psychology},
  year={2010},
  volume={29},
  pages={188-209}
}

• Andreas Hergovich, R. Schott, Christoph Burger
• Published 2010
• Psychology
• Current Psychology

The present paper investigated whether academic psychologists show a tendency to rate the quality and appropriateness of scientific studies more favorably when results and conclusions are consistent with their own prior beliefs (i.e., confirmation bias). In an online experiment, 711 psychologists completed a questionnaire (e.g., about their belief in astrology) and evaluated research that was presented in form of a short abstract in which 40 different behaviors (e.g., alcohol consumption… Expand

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