Strandberg, T., Sivén, D., Hall, L., Johansson, P., & Pärnamets, P. (2018). False beliefs and confabulation can lead to lasting changes in political attitudes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 147(9), 1382–1399. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000489 


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CBP creates dissociations between action and outcome. For example, a CBP study showed faces to participants and asked them to choose the more attractive face, the participants were then shown the results of their choices but the faces they picked got slightly manipulated. The participants often did not notice the manipulation and blindly agreed with what they thought was their previous choice. 

Choice Blindness Paradigm (CBP)

False Beliefs and Confabulation Can Lead to Lasting Changes in Political Attitudes

Researchers of the study “False Beliefs and Confabulation Can Lead to Lasting Changes in Political Attitudes” (2018) used the CBP in their experiments to examine the lasting effects of false beliefs and confabulation on political attitudes. The study investigates whether or not false feedback about one’s own survey responses has the power to change political attitudes with lasting effects. This study is an excellent example of how political beliefs can be stable and maintained in everyday context, yet still have the capability to be flexible in the argumentative process of engaging with political statements. 

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