Attitudes towards scientific knowledge: social dispositions and personality traits

被引：2
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作者：
Tommasi, Marco [1 ]
Petricca, Paolo [2 ]
Cozzolino, Giorgio [3 ]
Casadio, Claudia [2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ G dAnnunzio, Dipartimento Med & Sci Invecchiamento, Chieti, Italy
[2] Univ G dAnnunzio, Dip Lingue Letterature & Culture Moderne, Pescara, Italy
[3] Univ G dAnnunzio, Chieti, Italy
来源：
SYNTHESE | 2021年 / 199卷 / 1-2期
关键词：
Scientific competency; Scientific ignorance; Personality traits; Scientific attitudes; SCIENCE; ACHIEVEMENT; INSTRUCTION; IGNORANCE;
D O I：
10.1007/s11229-020-02632-0
中图分类号：
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号：
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要：
The present pilot study investigates the relationships between scientific ignorance and several individual attitudes, personality traits and cultural behaviors. Starting from well-established practices and standards of psychometric analysis, our work has produced a complex cross-scalar survey of scientific competency between students attending an art and multimedia high school. Data are classified through six scales about self-esteem, scientific attitudes, paranormal beliefs, scientific competency, social desirability and personality traits. The results are considered in relation to three hypotheses: the correlation between positive scientific attitude and lower paranormal beliefs plus higher scientific competencies; the scientific attitude is enhanced by cultural and scientific activities and negatively related to superstition; people who show specific personality traits have higher positive attitude and interest toward science, while other traits are more related to superstitious beliefs. The outcome of our poll confirms our hypotheses and shows additional traits correlations.
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页码：119 / 139
页数：21
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