消费(社会学)
读写能力
科学素养
心理学
社会学
社会心理学
数学教育
教育学
社会科学
科学教育
作者
Nathan Allred,Lisa E. Bolton
摘要
Abstract Conspiracy theories pose risks to consumers, businesses, and society. The present research investigates the role of scientific literacy in a variety of conspiracy beliefs with implications for consumer well-being and sustainability (e.g., regarding COVID-19, GMOs and climate change). In contrast to the mixed effects of education in prior work, we find that scientific literacy undermines conspiracy beliefs and, in turn, conspiracy-related behaviors. This finding is explained by people’s ability to use two dimensions of scientific literacy—scientific knowledge and reasoning—to accurately assess conspiracy evidence. For robustness, we assess scientific literacy through both measurement and manipulation (ie, interventions), identify two moderators (evidence strength and narration) that attenuate the effect, and further validate our theorizing using national and international datasets (regarding COVID-19 vaccination and google search, respectively). We discuss the implications of our findings for consumers, companies, nonprofit organizations, and governments.
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