People Who Believe Implausible Claims are not Cognitive Misers: Evidence from Evaluation Tasks
Samuel Gebhard Robson,
Kate Faasse,
Eliza-Rose Gordon
et al.
Abstract:Belief in epistemically implausible claims, such as climate change is a hoax and vaccines are harmful, is a pervasive problem. We test the idea that people who believe such claims possess a generally lazy thinking style (Miserly Hypothesis). Across three studies, we compared believers and non-believers of implausible claims on evidence evaluation tasks. Study 1 focused on high and low-quality forensic evidence, while Study 2 examined evaluations in a medical setting. In Study 3, we assessed the effect of time … Show more
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