2020
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/zhjkp
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Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has become more political in the U.S.A. than in similar Western countries, allowing for a novel test of attitude polarization. Furthermore, past work disagrees about the role of cognitive sophistication (relative to ideology) in the formation of science beliefs. We therefore investigated the roles of political ideology and cognitive sophistication in explaining COVID-19 attitudes across the U.S.A. (N=689), the U.K. (N=642), and Canada (N=644). Polarization was greater in the U.S. than in … Show more

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“…Crucially, there are other variables that are likely to influence the perceived difficulty of the measures and the adherence to the measures. For example, variables such as fear of the virus (Harper et al, 2020), understanding of the risk posed by the virus (Pennycook et al, 2020), or socio-cultural context (e.g., inequalities in access to resources, economic disadvantage, racial discrimination, culture, ideological differences; Van Bavel et al, 2020) also affect adherence to pandemic containment measures. Research is needed to unravel how these variables covary with the experience of boredom and the exertion of self-control (e.g., different socio-cultural contexts might be linked with different capacities to be bored).…”
Section: Human Behavior During a Pandemicmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Crucially, there are other variables that are likely to influence the perceived difficulty of the measures and the adherence to the measures. For example, variables such as fear of the virus (Harper et al, 2020), understanding of the risk posed by the virus (Pennycook et al, 2020), or socio-cultural context (e.g., inequalities in access to resources, economic disadvantage, racial discrimination, culture, ideological differences; Van Bavel et al, 2020) also affect adherence to pandemic containment measures. Research is needed to unravel how these variables covary with the experience of boredom and the exertion of self-control (e.g., different socio-cultural contexts might be linked with different capacities to be bored).…”
Section: Human Behavior During a Pandemicmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The COVID-19 pandemic has become a topic of political polarization in some countries (Pennycook et al, 2020), causing political beliefs to present a significant limitation to the effectiveness of state-level social distancing orders (Painter & Qiu, 2020). In the United States, for instance, political differences are the most consistent factor that differentiate Americans health behaviors and policy preferences (Gadarian et al, 2020).…”
Section: Public Significance Statementsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A variety of conspiracy theories are tied to partisanship (Einstein & Glick, 2015;Hartman & Newmark, 2012;Pasek et al, 2015;Smallpage et al, 2017), for partisans are prone to believe stories accusing opposing groups (Miller & Saunders, 2016;Oliver & Wood, 2014;Radnitz & Underwood, 2015). Indeed, political partisanship has been found to have a significant effect on COVID-19 prevention measures (Farias & Pilati, 2020;Pennycook et al, 2020), risk perceptions (Pennycook et al, 2020), and misperceptions (Pennycook et al, 2020).…”
Section: Covid-19 Political Partisanship and Conspiracy Theoriesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…19 Consistent with the latter explanations, a working paper by Pennycook et al examined data from the US, Canada, and the UK and found that cognitive sophistication (e.g., analytic thinking, basic science knowledge) was a superior predictor of endorsing misinformation about COVID-19 than political ideology, though none of the included variables predicted behavior change intentions. 20 This mirrored his prior nding that lower levels of analytic thinking were associated with inability to differentiate between real and fake news. 21 Though less well studied, religiosity, too, may impact endorsement of misinformation, but the relationship is likely complex and mediated by trust in political institutions.…”
Section: Factors Associated With Beliefsmentioning
confidence: 54%
“…36 Parallel processes such as implementing recommendations to facilitate open science 68 may also have the secondary effect of improving overall public trust in science. Individuals who both understand 20,21 and trust science 7,41 appear to be most likely to reject explanations with less supporting evidence while accepting narratives with more supporting evidence.…”
Section: Predictors Of Covid-19 Belief Subgroupsmentioning
confidence: 98%