Methodology
The interview sample included how many people?
21
The disbelieve or doubt of the mainstream scientific view of global climate change or, in some cases, discount that view entirely
Climate Skepticism
The path of deniers follows a major shift in _____ and ______ of cognitive dissonance.
identity and resolution
Framing a narrative in a particular way may affect the perceptions of those who encounter it.
TRUE
__ % of liberal democrats accept climate science in contrast to only __ % of conservative republicans.
86% to 27%
How many of the participants were men, women, and non-binary?
13 men, 7 women, 1 non-binary
People who claim to have changed their minds about climate change are called...
Former Skeptics
The journey for doubters involves a progressive acceptance of new information through engagement with _________ and __________.
respected authorities and personal observations
The tendency for people to seek out or accept information that aligns with their existing views and reject that which challenges them is known as identity conflict.
FALSE (confirmation bias)
__ percent of people in Idaho do not believe in anthropogenic
climate change vs. __ percent in the nation
36 vs. 30
How many were interviewed?
12
How one’s group membership (i.e., race, political party, school community, etc.) shapes one’s sense of self is known as ______ Theory.
Social Identity
Some of the participants who were once deniers had an outcome of (1) changing _______, (2) having________, and (3) having _________.
(1) changing peer groups because of a significant move and
(2) having the opportunity to learn about science in a space in which doing so was socially supported or, for some,
(3) having religious ideas challenged by the emergence of a new, conflicting
identity— their sexuality.
In this piece, we contend that climate change skepticism is a spectrum ranging from outright denial of climate science to a more wary doubting of the veracity of climate change, with various points in between.
TRUE
Participants were primed to consider new ideas through a combination of moving to a new location, encountering new peer groups, and taking college courses in which the consideration of new ideas became a ___________.
cultural norm
How many were doubters? How many became believers?
Holding two identities in conflict leads to a need to reconcile the resulting _______.
Cognitive dissonance
Not all skepticism is the same and one's starting point may ________________.
alter the trajectory through which one changes their mind about climate change
The influence of information is unlimited to the degree to which a news source is viewed as respected.
FALSE (limited)
Idaho hosts an economic history marked
by settler colonialism, resource extraction, and contemporary con-
flicts between _____, ______, and _______.
environmentalists, loggers, ranchers
How many of the interviewers changed views from conservative to liberal?
5
The process wherein people become seen as representative of the groups to which they are assigned rather than as individuals is called _____.
Depersonalization
They find that news media exacerbates ____________ – strengthening Republican denial of the phenomenon and Democratic acceptance.
existing political divides
According to the article, media-based information about climate change does not at all have to be paired with personal experience or exposure to climate-related weather anomalies to resonate with skeptics.
FALSE (may need to be paired with)
Doubters c ame to accept climate science through ___ ____ and conversation with those they _____ and ________
Personal relations; admired and respected