Backfire Effect

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Cognition

Foundational Lexiconcorrection strengthens belief
Executive Parlancecorrective resistance
Scholarly Discoursemotivated counter-arguing
Babel ZenithBackfire Effect
Origin: Political Psychology

Etymology & Meaning

When corrections actually strengthen false beliefs.

In the Boardroom

When presenting evidence makes someone more entrenched.

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