Argumentative Competence in Friend and Stranger Dyadic Exchanges
Issue Date
2019-08-17Author
Cionea, Ioana A.
Piercy, Cameron W.
Bostwick, Eryn N.
Publisher
Springer
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Article
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Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
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© Springer Nature B.V. 2019
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This manuscript investigates the role of argumentative competence in interpersonal dyadic exchanges. Specifically, this study examined the two sub-dimensions of competence, argumentative effectiveness and appropriateness, and their connections with argumentative traits, situational features, and argument satisfaction. In addition, self-perceived versus observed argumentative competence were compared. Participants in the study (N = 282, 141 dyads) completed measures before and after a face-to-face argumentative discussion with another person about one of two possible topics (student athlete pay and texting while driving). Results revealed that argumentation traits had little effect on argumentative competence, but competence was predicted by one’s knowledge about the topic. Argument satisfaction depended only on arguers’ own competence, not their partners’. Finally, a perceptual bias existed regarding argument effectiveness (but not appropriateness) in that participants rated themselves higher than did observers.
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This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Argumentation. The final version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10503-019-09487-x .
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Cionea, I.A., Piercy, C.W., Bostwick, E.N. et al. Argumentation (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10503-019-09487-x
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