Rationalization in recognition as a result of a political frame of reference.

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3 groups of college students, each with a differing attitude toward the New Deal, were used as subjects. A passage concerning the New Deal and communism was read. Immediately after the reading, a multiple-choice recognition test was given. Half of the items on the test were answered in the passage in a manner favorable to the New Deal; the balance unfavorable. "The data showed that rationalization was directly associated with the degree of conflict between the correct answer and the attitudinal frames of references of our subjects. In general the results show . . . that it is almost impossible to expect objectivity and accuracy in perception, learning, remembering, thinking, etc., when ego-involved frames of reference are stimulated." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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