TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Evolving informational credentials: the (mis)attribution of believable facts to credible sources
JO  - Personality and social psychology bulletin
A1  - Fragale, Alison R.
A1  - Heath, Chip
SP  - 225
EP  - 236
VL  - 30
IS  - 2
N2  - Three studies demonstrate that individuals often rely on a "belief force equals credible source" heuristic to make source judgments, wherein they assume that statements they believe originate from credible sources. In Study 1, participants who were exposed to a statement many times (and hence believed it) were more likely to attribute it to Consumer Reports than to the National Enquirer. In Study 2, participants read a murder investigation article containing evidence against two suspects from credible and noncredible sources. When participants believed a particular suspect to be guilty, they misattributed evidence incriminating that suspect to the high-credibility source. Study 3 demonstrated that this phenomenon occurs because individuals assume their beliefs are true and that true beliefs come from credible sources; when participants were given feedback that their beliefs were incorrect, the relationship between beliefs and source inferences did not occur.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0146-1672
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167203259933
ID  - ref1
ER  -