Person- and situation-specific factors in discounting science via scientific impotence excuses
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Rosman, Tom
Kerwer, Martin
Chasiotis, Anita
Wedderhoff, Oliver
Abstract / Description
The scientific impotence excuse (SIE; Munro, 2010) predicts that „people resist belief-disconfirming scientific evidence by concluding that the topic of study is not amenable to scientific investigation” (p. 597)”. While the incongruence between scientific claims and individual topic-specific beliefs is indeed a central factor in discounting science, research has, up to now, neglected other factors that might lead to scientific impotence excuses. Therefore, the present work aims at extending SIE theory by investigating factors other than belief-disconfirming evidence that may contribute to the devaluation of science. As a situational factor, it will focus on the contradictoriness of the evidence presented, and, as person-specific factor, it will investigate the incongruence between the (epistemic) nature of the scientific evidence and individual epistemic beliefs (i.e., individual beliefs about knowledge).
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Rosman, T., Kerwer, M., Chasiotis, A., & Wedderhoff, O. (2019). Person- and situation-specific factors in discounting science via scientific impotence excuses. Leibniz Institut für Psychologische Information und Dokumentation (ZPID). https://doi.org/10.23668/PSYCHARCHIVES.3163
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22020-08-19The SIE scale was only administered at the t2 measurement point (i.e., after reading), and not, as mistakenly specified in the first version of the preregistration, at t1 and t2. This has now been corrected.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Rosman, Tom
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Kerwer, Martin
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Chasiotis, Anita
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Wedderhoff, Oliver
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PsychArchives acquisition timestamp2020-08-19T12:36:50Z
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Made available on2019-12-12T08:40:20Z
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Made available on2020-08-19T12:36:50Z
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Date of first publication2019-10-15
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Abstract / DescriptionThe scientific impotence excuse (SIE; Munro, 2010) predicts that „people resist belief-disconfirming scientific evidence by concluding that the topic of study is not amenable to scientific investigation” (p. 597)”. While the incongruence between scientific claims and individual topic-specific beliefs is indeed a central factor in discounting science, research has, up to now, neglected other factors that might lead to scientific impotence excuses. Therefore, the present work aims at extending SIE theory by investigating factors other than belief-disconfirming evidence that may contribute to the devaluation of science. As a situational factor, it will focus on the contradictoriness of the evidence presented, and, as person-specific factor, it will investigate the incongruence between the (epistemic) nature of the scientific evidence and individual epistemic beliefs (i.e., individual beliefs about knowledge).en_US
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CitationRosman, T., Kerwer, M., Chasiotis, A., & Wedderhoff, O. (2019). Person- and situation-specific factors in discounting science via scientific impotence excuses. Leibniz Institut für Psychologische Information und Dokumentation (ZPID). https://doi.org/10.23668/PSYCHARCHIVES.3163en
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/2277.2
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.3163
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Language of contentengen_US
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Is referenced byhttp://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4690
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Is related tohttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2906
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Is related tohttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.3004
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Is related tohttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4690
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitlePerson- and situation-specific factors in discounting science via scientific impotence excusesen_US
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DRO typepreregistrationen_US
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Leibniz institute name(s) / abbreviation(s)ZPID
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Leibniz subject classificationPsychologie
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Visible tag(s)preregistration
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