Publication Type
News Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
11-2013
Abstract
In an invited commentary, Director of the Behavioural Sciences Institute at SMU, Professor David Chan explained how a confirmatory bias influences the way people treat information that contradicts their existing beliefs, positions or actions. He suggested ways to react constructively to contrary information and applied the issues to managing disagreements between the Government and citizens or advocacy groups.
Discipline
Public Policy | Social Policy
Research Areas
Psychology
Publication
Straits Times
ISSN
1692-9344
Publisher
Singapore Press holdings
Citation
CHAN, David, "The Art of Disagreeing - It can Yield Some Good" (2013). Research Collection School of Social Sciences. Paper 1936.
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1936
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1936
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