Motivated reasoning

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Motivated reasoning is rhetoric style characterized with using of various kinds of demagogy instead of scientific consideration of subject of the discussion.

Often, in the same meaning, term female logics is used, although this style of conversation is often used by both females and males.

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivated_reasoning
Motivated reasoning is an emotion-biased, decision-making phenomenon studied in cognitive science and social psychology. This term describes the role of motivation in cognitive processes such as decision-making and attitude change in a number of paradigms. Motivated reasoning works with cognitive dissonance reduction to reduce bias between contradictory beliefs. It also plays a role in the decisions one makes regarding other objectives when guided towards one's own outcome. Motivated reasoning also uses evaluation of evidence to guide individuals to their end decisions, including:
Cognitive dissonance reduction and the separation of biased results..
Beliefs about others on whom one's own outcomes depend
Evaluation of evidence related to one's own outcomes

https://www.apa.org/pi/aids/resources/education/reasoning Teaching Tip Sheet: Motivated Reasoning// Social or Cognitive Psychology Course// Important Topic in Psychology// In an influential review, Ziva Kunda (1990) summarized several decades of research supporting the role of motivation in cognitive processes such as decision-making and attitude change. She claimed that motivation has been shown to affect reasoning in a number of paradigms, including:// Cognitive dissonance reduction// Beliefs about others on whom one's own outcomes depend// Evaluation of scientific evidence related to one's own outcomes

Keywords

Demagogy, Female logics