Knowledge Helps: Mechanistic Information and Numeric Evidence as Cognitive Levers to Overcome Stasis and Build Public Consensus on Climate Change

Cooperative Minds: Social Interaction and Group Dynamics - Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 2070-2075

  Clark, Dav ^a   Ranney, Michael Andrew ^a   Felipe, Jacqueline ^a  

^a 4533 Tolman Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

acceptance; climate change; cognitive change; explanation; global warming; mechanism; science education

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

ACCEPTANCE; BEHAVIORAL CHANGES; CHANGE MECHANISMS; COGNITIVE CHANGE; EXPLANATION; GERMANES; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; MECHANISTICS; NUMERICAL INFORMATION; SCIENCE EDUCATION;

GLOBAL WARMING;

EID: 84937791976     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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