Let Me Think about It: Cognitive Elaboration and Strategies of Resistance to Political Persuasion

Although individuals have a whole arsenal of resistance strategies they can use to defend their attitude against persuasion attack, has often been simplified counterarguing. This article advances previous studies by considering eight distinct and analyzing isolated intertwined effect on change. We further ask under what circumstances work most effectively curb looking at interaction with cognitive elaboration – that is, thoughtful systematic processing. present new evidence from study conducted sample American citizens (N = 528) quasi-experimental design in which respondents are exposed tailored counterargument political issue. The results suggest it is not the but overall effort put into resisting help them attitude, this reinforced elaboration.