General Attitudes toward and Knowledge about the Importance of Ocean Life

Autor:	Robert M. Kidd, Aline H. Kidd
Rok vydání:	1998
Předmět:	Medical education media_common.quotation_subject Quality (business) Psychology General Psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Psychological Reports. 82:323-329
ISSN:	1558-691X 0033-2941
DOI:	10.2466/pr0.1998.82.1.323
Popis:	To evaluate the amount of awareness and quality of knowledge about ocean life the average American possesses 100 men and 100 women were asked what they knew about the importance of the oceans, their attitudes toward protection of marine life and oceanic ecology, and their sources of information regarding oceans. 98% believed that oceans are necessary for human survival and 92% believed that marine life was essential to the over-all ecology. 89% believed that dumping and toxic pollution almost irreparably harm marine life and that such practices must be stopped. 48% obtained their information about the oceans from formal educational programs and 95% from popular movies and documentary video programs. These data indicate that adults are quite aware of the continuing problems which threaten the survival of ocean life, although few have any suggestions about solving such problems.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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