상세정보
Export to Refworks부가기능
Understanding and Correcting False Beliefs: Studies in Vaccination and Genetically Modified Organisms
상세 프로파일
| 자료유형 | 학위논문 |
|---|---|
| 서명/저자사항 | Understanding and Correcting False Beliefs: Studies in Vaccination and Genetically Modified Organisms. |
| 개인저자 | Caple, Alexandria Hunt. |
| 단체저자명 | University of Michigan. Psychology. |
| 발행사항 | [S.l.]: University of Michigan., 2019. |
| 발행사항 | Ann Arbor: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019. |
| 형태사항 | 147 p. |
| 기본자료 저록 | Dissertations Abstracts International 81-02A. Dissertation Abstract International |
| ISBN | 9781085664806 |
| 학위논문주기 | Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Michigan, 2019. |
| 일반주기 |
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-02, Section: A.
Advisor: Shah, Priti R. |
| 이용제한사항 | This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.This item must not be added to any third party search indexes. |
| 요약 | Every day, individuals are bombarded with readily available information, not all of which is accurate. Unfortunately, people make all kinds of decisions based on this faulty information, such as whether they should vaccinate their children, who to vote for, or what medical treatment to select. Furthermore, much research has established that it is extremely difficult to alter people's false beliefs and that correcting false beliefs can backfire. One promising approach (Horne et al., 2015) is actually to not address the false belief per se, and instead focus on individuals' decision-making processes associated with those beliefs. For example, when deciding whether to vaccinate one's children, one must weigh the possible risks of a vaccine (including, possibly, the false belief that vaccines cause autism) and the risk of the diseases that they prevent. Horne and colleagues found that focusing attention on disease risk led to changes in attitudes towards vaccines without explicitly addressing people's false beliefs. In Studies 1 and 2, I replicated and extended this approach in the context of vaccination. Study 1 directly replicated Horne et al (2015). As predicted, a focus on disease risk was more effective than an intervention that directly countered false beliefs about vaccines and autism. Study 2 extended this line of research with three specific aims: (1) again replicate the Horne et al (2015) and Study 1 findings, (2) address a potential confound in the earlier work, and (3) test a combined correction approach. Specifically, the earlier disease risk condition in the original studies included pictures and was significantly longer than the autism correction condition. Thus, Study 2 included a more thorough autism correction condition. Overall, there was no differential impact of the various interventions on attitudes and beliefs about vaccination, suggesting that the impact of addressing disease risk may not be robust. The third study in this dissertation used a similar approach to Horne et al (2015) and Studies 1 and 2 but applied to a different context |
| 일반주제명 | Personality psychology. Communication. Behavioral psychology. |
| 언어 | 영어 |
| 바로가기 | 
: 이 자료의 원문은 한국교육학술정보원에서 제공합니다. |
