Lay People's Intuition and Perceived Argument Strength as Predictors of Claim Acceptance.
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2014-12-19
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Argumentation is an effective tool in communication and cooperation. There
have been many publications on argument quality but little research has been
conducted on lay people’s perceived argument strength. This study experimentally
investigated lay people’s judgement on arguments by perceived argument strength
and intuition. Dutch participants (N = 122) evaluated 24 arguments, manipulated on
both desirability and probability, to measure to what extent claim acceptance could be
predicted by the Perceived Argument Strength scale and Intuitive evaluation task. The
sensibility of these methods to argument quality was also tested. The results showed
that claim acceptance could be predicted by the use of both methods and that strong
arguments were more persuasive than weak arguments. The used measuring methods
were sensitive to differences in argument quality. Future research is needed to further
explore the relationship between perceived persuasiveness and actual persuasiveness.
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