Exposure to Science Is Not Enough: The Influence of Classroom Experiences on Belief in Paranormal Phenomena
Exposure to Science Is Not Enough: The Influence of Classroom Experiences on Belief in Paranormal Phenomena
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DOI：
10.1080/00986283.2010.488554
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
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0.9
通讯作者：
Hawk, Michelle Vosburgh
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作者：
Manza, Lou;Hilperts, Keri;Hawk, Michelle Vosburgh
通过一项研究，对比了大学生在接触关于这些事件的怀疑性争论前后对超自然现象的态度，调查了他们对科学上未经证实的想法的信念。具体地说，在心理统计学课程的两个部分注册的学生被暴露在超自然主题或非超自然主题的统计概念的插图中，第三组参与者完成了一门专注于对围绕超自然现象的基于信徒和怀疑者的观点的批判性分析的课程。结果显示，随着时间的推移，只有当一个人的课程中包括直接接触超自然现象时，怀疑才会增加。结果将从教育和社会影响的角度进行讨论，以鼓励人们对科学上有问题的主张持怀疑态度。
Beliefs in scientifically unsubstantiated ideas were investigated with a study that contrasted college students' attitudes toward paranormal phenomena before and after exposure to skeptical arguments concerning these events. Specifically, students enrolled in 2 sections of a psychological statistics course were exposed to illustrations of statistical concepts that were either paranormal-themed or not, with a 3rd group of participants completing a class that focused on the critical analysis of believer- and skeptic-based ideas surrounding paranormal phenomena. Results revealed that skepticism increased, over time, only when direct exposure to paranormal phenomena was included in one's course work. Results are discussed in terms of the educational and societal implications for encouraging skepticism of scientifically questionable claims.