What Does BACKFIRE EFFECT Mean?
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The backfire effect is a cognitive bias.More Detail...
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.Image for BACKFIRE EFFECT
When I write BACKFIRE EFFECT, I mean this:
"A Cognitive Bias"
Summary of Key Points
"A Cognitive Bias" is, by far, the most common meaning for BACKFIRE EFFECT when it is used in a text. (Bear in mind that it could have another meaning if used in a different context.)| BACKFIRE EFFECT | |
|---|---|
| Definition: | A Cognitive Bias |
| Type: | Word |
| Guessability: |  3: Guessable |
| Typical Users: |  Adults and Teenagers |
Example of BACKFIRE EFFECT Used in a Text
BACKFIRE EFFECT
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