APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Disagreeing with Correct Answers to Realize Values: Refusing Money for Truth
- Jeein Kang
Gordon College - Mary Aston
Gordon College - Kimberly McQuade
Gordon College - Bert Hodges
University of Connecticut
Abstract
People in a position of ignorance often agree with better informed others, but surprisingly often they knowingly offer wrong answers. Participants (N=54) offered 25¢ for each correct answer disagreed, answering incorrectly, 33% of the time; those offered 50¢ disagreed 17% of the time. This speaking-from-ignorance effect supports values-realizing theory.
Social Cognition
