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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Educational Psychology
  • Reading Comprehension

Background:

  • The knowledge revision components framework (KReC) identifies text factors influencing knowledge revision.
  • Source credibility is explored as a potential text factor impacting knowledge revision during reading.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of source credibility in knowledge revision using refutation texts.
  • To determine if source credibility influences knowledge revision under normal reading conditions and when made salient.

Main Methods:

  • Experiment 1: Compared reading times and posttest scores for refutation vs. control texts.
  • Experiment 2: Assessed knowledge revision with high- vs. low-credibility sources in refutation texts.
  • Experiment 3: Examined the effect of salient source credibility instructions on knowledge revision.

Main Results:

  • Refutation texts facilitated knowledge revision (faster reading, higher scores) compared to control texts.
  • Source credibility did not significantly impact knowledge revision under normal reading conditions.
  • Salient source credibility instructions disrupted knowledge revision for low-credibility sources, evidenced by slower reading and lower scores.

Conclusions:

  • Knowledge revision is influenced by text type and the salience of source credibility.
  • Explicitly highlighting source credibility can hinder knowledge revision when the source lacks credibility.
  • Findings contribute to understanding factors constraining knowledge revision within the KReC framework.