Tortured beliefs: How and when prior support for torture skews the perceived value of coerced information
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• US adult judgments of terrorism scenarios were skewed by prior support for torture. • Those previously supporting torture saw coerced information as more valuable. • Torture opposers did not show a bias for or against coerced information. • Results also revealed a “selective efficacy” boundary concerning informant identity. • Supporters privileged coerced information from outgroup but not ingroup informants.
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