The polarizing impact of science literacy and numeracy on perceived climate change risks

Autor:	Ellen Peters, Paul Slovic, Gregory N. Mandel, Maggie Wittlin, Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, Donald Braman, Dan M. Kahan
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Comprehension Cultural cognition Scientific literacy Numeracy medicine Climate change Apathy Environmental Science (miscellaneous) medicine.symptom Psychology Heuristics Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Cognitive psychology
Zdroj:	Nature Climate Change. 2:732-735
ISSN:	1758-6798 1758-678X
DOI:	10.1038/nclimate1547
Popis:	Public apathy over climate change is often attributed to a deficit in comprehension and to limits on technical reasoning. However, evidence suggests that individuals with the highest degrees of science literacy and technical reasoning capacity are not the most concerned about climate change and are the most culturally polarized.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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