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Area of Science:

  • Social Psychology
  • Science Communication

Background:

  • Misperceptions contrary to scientific evidence pose risks.
  • Communicating scientific consensus aids belief accuracy but its effectiveness in correcting false beliefs is unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if a strategy enhancing understanding and identification of scientific consensus corrects misperceptions.
  • To compare this strategy against simply communicating scientific consensus.

Main Methods:

  • Three experiments involving over 1,500 U.S. adults with false beliefs.
  • Participants learned to identify scientific consensus before reading a counter-attitudinal consensus message.
  • Tested effectiveness in the domain of genetically engineered food.

Main Results:

  • The two-step strategy significantly improved correction of misperceptions about genetically engineered food.
  • This approach was more effective than merely communicating scientific consensus.
  • Effectiveness for climate change misperceptions remains uncertain.

Conclusions:

  • Boosting understanding and identification of scientific consensus is a viable strategy for correcting specific misperceptions.
  • The approach shows domain-specific effectiveness.
  • Further research is needed for complex issues like climate change.