Immigrants: citizens' acceptance depends on questions asked

(Universit é de Gen è ve) How many immigrants per year should Switzerland be prepared to welcome? Psychologists (UNIGE) set about testing a well-known reasoning bias that consists in providing a deliberately figure for information purposes before respondents give their opinion on a subject. The researchers found that the figure supplied played a vital role in shaping respondents' opinions, regardless of their political orientation or the political party responsible for the figure. The researchpoints out the dangers of number-based political votes.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news