Bridging the political divide: Highlighting explanatory power mitigates biased evaluation of climate arguments
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2017.04.008
Abstract: Abstract Climate change beliefs' strong ties to political ideology remains one of the most significant impediments to productive public discourse about climate change. Ideologically-driven motivated reasoning leads to biased evaluation of climate change arguments. The… read more here.
Keywords: biased evaluation; explanatory power; climate; climate change ... See more keywords
Improving Skeptics' Reasoning When Evaluating Climate Change Material: A Cognitive Intervention
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DOI: 10.1089/eco.2017.0012
Abstract: Abstract A sizeable portion of populations around the world deny that humans are responsible for climate change despite scientific consensus to the contrary. Decades of psychological theory and research point to people's biased evaluation of… read more here.
Keywords: improving skeptics; change; biased evaluation; skeptics reasoning ... See more keywords