Disproven but still believed: The role of information and individual differences in the prediction of topic-related pseudoscience acceptance

The spread of pseudoscience (PS) is a worrying problem worldwide. The study of pseudoscience beliefs and their associated predictors have been conducted in the context of isolated pseudoscience topics (e.g., complementary and alternative medicine). Here, we combined individual differences (IIDD) mea...

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Autores: García-Arch, Josué, Ballestero-Arnau, Marc, Pérez Hoyas, Lorena, Giaiotti, Francesca
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Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Diferències individuals
Informació
Pseudociència
Individual differences
Communication
Pseudoscience
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spelling Disproven but still believed: The role of information and individual differences in the prediction of topic-related pseudoscience acceptanceGarcía-Arch, JosuéBallestero-Arnau, MarcPérez Hoyas, LorenaGiaiotti, FrancescaDiferències individualsInformacióPseudociènciaIndividual differencesCommunicationPseudoscienceThe spread of pseudoscience (PS) is a worrying problem worldwide. The study of pseudoscience beliefs and their associated predictors have been conducted in the context of isolated pseudoscience topics (e.g., complementary and alternative medicine). Here, we combined individual differences (IIDD) measures (e.g., personality traits, thinking styles) with measures related with the information received about PS: familiarity and disproving information (DI) in order to explore potential differences among pseudoscience topics in terms of their associated variables. These topics differed in their familiarity, their belief rating, and their associated predictors. Critically, our results not only show that DI is negatively associated with pseudoscience beliefs but that the effect of various IIDD predictors (e.g., analytic thinking) depends on whether DI had been received. This study highlights the need to control for variables related to information received about pseudoscientific claims to better understand the effect of other predictors on different pseudoscience beliefs topics.John Wiley & Sons2024202420222024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion15 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/216799Articles publicats en revistes (Cognició, Desenvolupament i Psicologia de l'Educació)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3914Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2022, vol. 36, num.2, p. 268-282https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3914cc by (c) García-Arch, Josué et al., 2022https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/2167992026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Disproven but still believed: The role of information and individual differences in the prediction of topic-related pseudoscience acceptance
title Disproven but still believed: The role of information and individual differences in the prediction of topic-related pseudoscience acceptance
spellingShingle Disproven but still believed: The role of information and individual differences in the prediction of topic-related pseudoscience acceptance
García-Arch, Josué
Diferències individuals
Informació
Pseudociència
Individual differences
Communication
Pseudoscience
title_short Disproven but still believed: The role of information and individual differences in the prediction of topic-related pseudoscience acceptance
title_full Disproven but still believed: The role of information and individual differences in the prediction of topic-related pseudoscience acceptance
title_fullStr Disproven but still believed: The role of information and individual differences in the prediction of topic-related pseudoscience acceptance
title_full_unstemmed Disproven but still believed: The role of information and individual differences in the prediction of topic-related pseudoscience acceptance
title_sort Disproven but still believed: The role of information and individual differences in the prediction of topic-related pseudoscience acceptance
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv García-Arch, Josué
Ballestero-Arnau, Marc
Pérez Hoyas, Lorena
Giaiotti, Francesca
author García-Arch, Josué
author_facet García-Arch, Josué
Ballestero-Arnau, Marc
Pérez Hoyas, Lorena
Giaiotti, Francesca
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Pérez Hoyas, Lorena
Giaiotti, Francesca
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Diferències individuals
Informació
Pseudociència
Individual differences
Communication
Pseudoscience
topic Diferències individuals
Informació
Pseudociència
Individual differences
Communication
Pseudoscience
description The spread of pseudoscience (PS) is a worrying problem worldwide. The study of pseudoscience beliefs and their associated predictors have been conducted in the context of isolated pseudoscience topics (e.g., complementary and alternative medicine). Here, we combined individual differences (IIDD) measures (e.g., personality traits, thinking styles) with measures related with the information received about PS: familiarity and disproving information (DI) in order to explore potential differences among pseudoscience topics in terms of their associated variables. These topics differed in their familiarity, their belief rating, and their associated predictors. Critically, our results not only show that DI is negatively associated with pseudoscience beliefs but that the effect of various IIDD predictors (e.g., analytic thinking) depends on whether DI had been received. This study highlights the need to control for variables related to information received about pseudoscientific claims to better understand the effect of other predictors on different pseudoscience beliefs topics.
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