Peter Ditto, Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, studies biases in our moral and political reasoning. His particular interest is in "motivated reasoning" -- how people selectively recruit general principles and factual beliefs to support desired conclusions. In politics, motivated reasoning can affect how we think about candidates and policies, and is an important contributor to political conflict and partisan gridlock.
Motivated Reasoning in Politics: Are your political opinions as rational as you think?
Peter Ditto, Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, studies biases in our moral and political reasoning. His particular interest is in "motivated reasoning" -- how people selectively recruit general principles and factual beliefs to support desired conclusions. In politics, motivated reasoning can affect how we think about candidates and policies, and is an important contributor to political conflict and partisan gridlock.
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