BACKFIRE EFFECT
What Does BACKFIRE EFFECT Mean?
The backfire effect is a cognitive bias.The backfire effect is an innate bias that causes people who are presented with evidence that challenges their beliefs to reject that evidence and to strengthen their support of their original stance. Effectively, showing someone evidence that proves they are wrong is often counterproductive.
The backfire effect is a type of confirmation bias, which is a cognitive bias that causes people to reject information which contradicts their beliefs, or to interpret information only in a way that confirms those beliefs.
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When I write BACKFIRE EFFECT, I mean this:
"A Cognitive Bias"
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"A Cognitive Bias" is the most common definition for BACKFIRE EFFECT on Snapchat, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok.| BACKFIRE EFFECT | |
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| Definition: | A Cognitive Bias |
| Type: | Word |
| Guessability: |  3: Guessable |
| Typical Users: |  Adults and Teenagers |
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BACKFIRE EFFECT
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