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Enhancing endorsement of scientific inquiry increases support for pro-environment policies
Pro-environment policies require public support and engagement, but in countries such as the USA, public support for pro-environment policies remains low. Increasing public scientific literacy is unlikely to solve this, because increased scientific literacy does not guarantee increased acceptance of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5043319/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27703700 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160360 |
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author | Drummond, Aaron Palmer, Matthew A. Sauer, James D. |
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description | Pro-environment policies require public support and engagement, but in countries such as the USA, public support for pro-environment policies remains low. Increasing public scientific literacy is unlikely to solve this, because increased scientific literacy does not guarantee increased acceptance of critical environmental issues (e.g. that climate change is occurring). We distinguish between scientific literacy (basic scientific knowledge) and endorsement of scientific inquiry (perceiving science as a valuable way of accumulating knowledge), and examine the relationship between people's endorsement of scientific inquiry and their support for pro-environment policy. Analysis of a large, publicly available dataset shows that support for pro-environment policies is more strongly related to endorsement of scientific inquiry than to scientific literacy among adolescents. An experiment demonstrates that a brief intervention can increase support for pro-environment policies via increased endorsement of scientific inquiry among adults. Public education about the merits of scientific inquiry may facilitate increased support for pro-environment policies. |
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spelling | pubmed-50433192016-10-04 Enhancing endorsement of scientific inquiry increases support for pro-environment policies Drummond, Aaron Palmer, Matthew A. Sauer, James D. R Soc Open Sci Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience Pro-environment policies require public support and engagement, but in countries such as the USA, public support for pro-environment policies remains low. Increasing public scientific literacy is unlikely to solve this, because increased scientific literacy does not guarantee increased acceptance of critical environmental issues (e.g. that climate change is occurring). We distinguish between scientific literacy (basic scientific knowledge) and endorsement of scientific inquiry (perceiving science as a valuable way of accumulating knowledge), and examine the relationship between people's endorsement of scientific inquiry and their support for pro-environment policy. Analysis of a large, publicly available dataset shows that support for pro-environment policies is more strongly related to endorsement of scientific inquiry than to scientific literacy among adolescents. An experiment demonstrates that a brief intervention can increase support for pro-environment policies via increased endorsement of scientific inquiry among adults. Public education about the merits of scientific inquiry may facilitate increased support for pro-environment policies. The Royal Society 2016-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC5043319/ /pubmed/27703700 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160360 Text en © 2016 The Authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience Drummond, Aaron Palmer, Matthew A. Sauer, James D. Enhancing endorsement of scientific inquiry increases support for pro-environment policies |
title | Enhancing endorsement of scientific inquiry increases support for pro-environment policies |
title_full | Enhancing endorsement of scientific inquiry increases support for pro-environment policies |
title_fullStr | Enhancing endorsement of scientific inquiry increases support for pro-environment policies |
title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing endorsement of scientific inquiry increases support for pro-environment policies |
title_short | Enhancing endorsement of scientific inquiry increases support for pro-environment policies |
title_sort | enhancing endorsement of scientific inquiry increases support for pro-environment policies |
topic | Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5043319/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27703700 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160360 |
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