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Science Curiosity and Political Information Processing

Advances in Political Psychology, Forthcoming
2016
  • 1
    Citations
  • 25,837
    Usage
  • 9
    Captures
  • 29
    Mentions
  • 201
    Social Media
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  • Citations
    1
    • Citation Indexes
      1
  • Usage
    25,837
    • Abstract Views
      22,558
    • Downloads
      3,279
  • Captures
    9
    • Readers
      9
      • SSRN
        9
  • Mentions
    29
    • Blog Mentions
      19
      • Blog
        19
    • News Mentions
      10
      • News
        10
  • Social Media
    201
    • Shares, Likes & Comments
      201
      • Facebook
        201
  • Ratings
    • Download Rank
      7,438

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Paper Description

This paper describes evidence suggesting that science curiosity counteracts politically biased information processing. This finding is in tension with two bodies of research. The first casts doubt on the existence of “curiosity” as a measurable disposition. The other suggests that individual differences in cognition related to science comprehension - of which science curiosity, if it exists, would presumably be one - do not mitigate politically biased information processing but instead aggravate it. The paper describes the scale-development strategy employed to overcome the problems associated with measuring science curiosity. It also reports data, observational and experimental, showing that science curiosity promotes open-minded engagement with information that is contrary to individuals’ political predispositions. We conclude by identifying a series of concrete research questions posed by these results.

Bibliographic Details

Dan M. Kahan; Asheley Landrum; Katie Carpenter; Laura Helft; Kathleen Hall Jamieson

politically motivated reasoning; curiosity; science communication; risk perception

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