Climate Change Conceptual Change: Scientific Information Can Transform Attitudes
Abstract
Of this article's seven experiments, the first five demonstrate that virtually no Americans know the basic global warming mechanism. Fortunately, Experiments 2-5 found that 2-45 min of physical-chemical climate instruction durably increased such understandings. This mechanistic learning, or merely receiving seven highly germane statistical facts (Experiment 6), also increased climate-change acceptance-across the liberal-conservative spectrum....
Paper Details
Title
Climate Change Conceptual Change: Scientific Information Can Transform Attitudes
Published Date
Jan 1, 2016
Journal
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
49 - 75
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