The role of online communication in building trust in medical knowledge
The project will provide theoretical and empirical insights into the mechanisms with which people adapt to situations where scientific evidence is fragile. It will deal with medical knowledge in...
View ArticleMotivated Biases in the Reception of Scientific Knowledge (II): Mechanisms...
Social psychology, Personality Research Introduction People are often confronted with scientific information that is personally relevant. For example, scientific evidence may be relevant to their moral...
View ArticleUsing Concept Maps to enhance students’ socioscientific reasoning
science education, educational psychology Socioscientific issues – such as the issue of climate change – are typical examples for complex real-world scenarios that cannot be solved by referring solely...
View ArticleEffects of Communication with Experts on the Evaluation of Ambiguous...
Social Psychology How useful are routine vaccinations? How dangerous is mobile phone radiation to one’s health? Should we use nuclear power in order to prevent climate change? Science provides...
View ArticleEvidence-based Management
Based on the concept of evidence-based medicine there has been a growing interest in evidence-based management (EBM). At its core, EBM proposes management decision to be better when based on scientific...
View ArticleThe influence of media coverage and environmental conditions on the...
Information about environmental change and associated risks are communicated to the public mainly through mass media. This information, along with the individual perception of environmental changes, is...
View ArticleThe division of cognitive labour and the integration of information from...
Eductaional psychology, cognitive psychology In the proposed project it is to be examined how laypersons deal with conflicting scientific expert information on the internet. A widespread variety of...
View ArticleHandling of scientific evidence in mass media’s science coverage
The research project deals with a crucial spot in the relationship between science and public. It analyzes the role of mass media and journalists in the emergence of public for scientific topics. The...
View ArticleFostering Skill and Will of Argumentative Reasoning in Processing Fragile and...
Developmental Psychology and Educational Psychology What is argumentative thinking good for? Does climate change lead to more forest dieback? Is resettling the lynx good for the ecology of our forests?...
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The closing event of the SPP 1409 took place in Münster on the 29th and 30th of September 2015. Click here for more information on this event.
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