2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Psychological effects of exposure to a controversy
| Project/Area Number |
15K04055
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Educational psychology
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| Research Institution | Shizuoka University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | controversy / conflicting information / relational processing / argument evaluation / consensus perception / attitudes / scientific beliefs |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The present study investigated psychological effects of exposure to a controversy (i.e., conflicting arguments, highly-divergent consensus information). Eight surveys and experiments were conducted using samples of undergraduate students or adults of 18 years and older. The main results were as follows: First, under some conditions, relational processing of conflicting arguments moderated the influence of prior attitudes on the evaluation of each argument. Second, exposure to conflicting arguments influenced scientific beliefs through argument evaluation and scientific consensus perception. Finally, information about a high level of scientific consensus information improved scientific beliefs when information about a low level of social consensus was presented together.
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| Free Research Field |
教育心理学
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