Types of Skepticism
This type of skepticism relates to knowledge or knowing about climate change.
What is epistemic skepticism?
A type of correlational research where one variable increases while the other variable decreases.
What is negative correlation?
This strategy involves having members of the same group persuade each other rather than out-group members.
What is in-group messaging?
This is the number of components in the Comprehensive Intellectual Humility Scale.
What is four?
This company's internal documents from 1979 showed they accurately predicted climate warming but publicly contradicted their own data.
What is Exxon/ExxonMobil?
This type of skepticism relates to taking action on climate change.
What is response skepticism?
A number ranges from -1 to +1 and captures the strength and direction of the correlation.
What is a correlation coefficient?
This strategy emphasizes additional benefits of climate action, such as improved air quality and national security.
What are co-benefits?
This component of intellectual humility involves being able to separate your ideas from your sense of self-worth.
What is independence of intellect and ego?
This book by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway documents how scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco to climate change.
What is 'Merchants of Doubt'?
According to the 2024 Yale survey, this percentage of Americans believe global warming is happening.
What is 72%?
This refers to a group's expectation of what is appropriate and acceptable behavior for its members.
What are social norms?
This percentage of New York Times climate articles from 1980-2018 mentioned the basic mechanism of climate change.
What is 0.2% (or less than 1%)?
According to the 2024 Yale survey, this percentage of Americans believe global warming is caused mostly by human activities.
What is 59%?
These two IH facets predicted reduced climate change skepticism in the study.
What are respect for others' viewpoints and lack of intellectual overconfidence?
In Riverside County, California, this percentage of adults hear about global warming in the media at least weekly.
What is 30%?
This IH facet was the strongest predictor of trust in science and scientists.
What is openness to revising one's viewpoints?