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DOI	10.1038/s41598-024-55930-9
	Motivated reasoning about climate change and the influence of Numeracy, Need for Cognition, and the Dark Factor of Personality
	Hutmacher, Fabian; Reichardt, Regina; Appel, Markus
发表日期	2024
ISSN	2045-2322
起始页码	14
结束页码	1
卷号	14 期号:1
英文摘要	Human information processing is not always rational but influenced by prior attitudes, a phenomenon commonly known as motivated reasoning. We conducted two studies (N1 = 556, N2 = 1198; UK samples) investigating motivated reasoning in the context of climate change with a focus on individual differences as potential moderating factors. While previous research investigated motivated reasoning regarding the debate whether climate change is anthropogenic, we focused on current discourses about the effectiveness of different countermeasures. To this end, participants evaluated fictitious scientific data on the effectiveness of regulations to reduce CO2 emissions. In both studies, participants exhibited motivated reasoning as indicated by the observation that prior attitudes about CO2 reduction policies predicted evaluation of the scientific data. The degree of motivated reasoning was not related to individual difference variables, namely the ability to understand and reason with numbers (Numeracy), the willingness to show this ability (Need for Cognition), and the tendency to maximize one's individual utility (Dark Factor of Personality). However, numeracy was associated with a less biased interpretation of the presented information. Our research demonstrates that motivated reasoning is a general phenomenon, and points to numerical training as one way to improve reasoning.
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:001185083700091
来源期刊	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/308881
作者单位	University of Wurzburg; University of Regensburg
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hutmacher, Fabian,Reichardt, Regina,Appel, Markus. Motivated reasoning about climate change and the influence of Numeracy, Need for Cognition, and the Dark Factor of Personality[J],2024,14(1).
APA	Hutmacher, Fabian,Reichardt, Regina,&Appel, Markus.(2024).Motivated reasoning about climate change and the influence of Numeracy, Need for Cognition, and the Dark Factor of Personality.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,14(1).
MLA	Hutmacher, Fabian,et al."Motivated reasoning about climate change and the influence of Numeracy, Need for Cognition, and the Dark Factor of Personality".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 14.1(2024).