The research by Tetlock and Kim (1987) on motivated reasoning found that when participants made predictions about how other people would respond on a personality test, the participants considered more alternative interpretations if they:
A) had been encouraged to report their impressions honestly.
B) were told they would be accountable for justifying their judgments.
C) were encouraged to be sympathetic to the people responding on the personality tests.
D) knew people who had similar personality traits as the people they were judging.

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The research found that participants considered more alternative interpretations when they were told they would be accountable for justifying their judgments.

The Research by Tetlock and Kim (1987) on Motivated Reasoning