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Controversy, Defensiveness, and Cognitive Perspective-Taking.
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Tjosvold, Dean; And Others – 1978
A group of 45 undergraduates discussed a moral issue with a confederate who had the same opinion (no-controversy) or opposite opinion (controversy). Subjects in the controversy conditions were induced to have a high level of defensiveness by a disconfirmation of personal competence or a low level of defensiveness by a confirmation. Subjects in…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Conflict