CHALLENGING PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC BELIEFS - SURVEYING EVIDENCE FOR EXOTIC CLAIMS

Authors
CROWE RA MIURA CK
Citation
Ra. Crowe et Ck. Miura, CHALLENGING PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC BELIEFS - SURVEYING EVIDENCE FOR EXOTIC CLAIMS, Psychological reports, 77(3), 1995, pp. 1263-1282
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
77
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Part
2
Pages
1263 - 1282
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1995)77:3<1263:CPB-SE>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We carried out a preliminary survey to examine what popular beliefs an d claims are most readily accepted among our college students and to c ompare these responses with the results of similar questionnaires take n in other parts of the country. Ratings for 70 statements dealing wit h topics in science and pseudoscience were obtained from 330 UH-Hilo c ollege students and 40 UK-Hilo college faculty over a 5-year period. T he results are compared to similar statements from four other surveys.