The Einstein effect provides global evidence for scientific source credibility effects and the influence of religiosity
| Autor: | Suzanne Hoogeveen, Julia M. Haaf, Joseph A. Bulbulia, Robert M. Ross, Ryan McKay, Sacha Altay, Theiss Bendixen, Renatas Berniūnas, Arik Cheshin, Claudio Gentili, Raluca Georgescu, Will M. Gervais, Kristin Hagel, Christopher Kavanagh, Neil Levy, Alejandra Neely, Lin Qiu, André Rabelo, Jonathan E. Ramsay, Bastiaan T. Rutjens, Hugh Turpin, Filip Uzarevic, Robin Wuyts, Dimitris Xygalatas, Michiel van Elk |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Psychology Other Research (FMG), Psychologische Methodenleer (Psychologie, FMG), Sociale Psychologie (Psychologie, FMG), School of Social Sciences |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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CLIMATE-CHANGE
Social Psychology human behaviour science technology and society Decision Making MODELS Reproducibility of Results Experimental and Cognitive Psychology HIGHER-EDUCATION SCIENCE Trust Reproducibility Religion Behavioral Neuroscience Humans Judgment DEFAULT BAYES FACTORS PUBLIC TRUST Psychology [Social sciences] BELIEF POLARIZATION EXPLANATIONS CULTURAL AUTHORITY PARANORMAL BELIEFS |
| Zdroj: | Nature Human Behaviour, 6(4), 523-535. Nature Publishing Group Hoogeveen, S, Haaf, J M, Bulbulia, J A, Ross, R M, McKay, R, Altay, S, Bendixen, T, Berniūnas, R, Cheshin, A, Gentili, C, Georgescu, R, Gervais, W M, Hagel, K, Kavanagh, C, Levy, N, Neely, A, Qiu, L, Rabelo, A, Ramsay, J E, Rutjens, B T, Turpin, H, Uzarevic, F, Wuyts, R, Xygalatas, D & van Elk, M 2022, ' The Einstein effect provides global evidence for scientific source credibility effects and the influence of religiosity ', Nature Human Behaviour, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 523-535 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01273-8 Nature Human Behaviour, 6(4), 523-535 |
| ISSN: | 2397-3374 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41562-021-01273-8 |
| Popis: | People tend to evaluate information from reliable sources more favourably, but it is unclear exactly how perceivers' worldviews interact with this source credibility effect. In a large and diverse cross-cultural sample (N = 10,195 from 24 countries), we presented participants with obscure, meaningless statements attributed to either a spiritual guru or a scientist. We found a robust global source credibility effect for scientific authorities, which we dub 'the Einstein effect': across all 24 countries and all levels of religiosity, scientists held greater authority than spiritual gurus. In addition, individual religiosity predicted a weaker relative preference for the statement from the scientist compared with the spiritual guru, and was more strongly associated with credibility judgements for the guru than the scientist. Independent data on explicit trust ratings across 143 countries mirrored our experimental findings. These findings suggest that irrespective of one's religious worldview, across cultures science is a powerful and universal heuristic that signals the reliability of information. This work was supported by funds from the Templeton Foundation (grant number 60663) to M.v.E., the Cogito Foundation (grant number R10917) to R.Mc.K., the Australian Research Council (grant number DP180102384) to N.L. and R.M.R., Templeton Religion Trust (reference TRT0196) to J.A.B., and the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (reference 17-EURE-0017 FrontCog and 10-IDEX-0001-02 PSL) to S.A. The analysis was carried out on the Dutch national e-infrastructure with the support of SURF Cooperative. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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