Motivated recall in the service of the economic system: The case of anthropogenic climate change.
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The contemporary political landscape is characterized by numerous divisive issues. Unlike many other issues, however, much of the disagreement about climate change centers not on how best to take action to address the problem, but on whether the problem exists at all. Psychological studies indicate that, to the extent that sustainability initiatives are seen as threatening to the socioeconomic system, individuals may downplay environmental problems in order to defend and protect the status quo. In the current research, participants were presented with scientific information about climate change and later asked to recall details of what they had learned. Individuals who were experimentally induced (Study 1) or dispositionally inclined (Studies 2 and 3) to justify the economic system misremembered the evidence to be less serious, and this was associated with increased skepticism. However, when high system justifiers were led to believe that the economy was in a recovery, they recalled climate change information to be more serious than did those assigned to a control condition. When low system justifiers were led to believe that the economy was in recession, they recalled the information to be less serious (Study 3). These findings suggest that because system justification can impact information processing, simply providing the public with scientific evidence may be insufficient to inspire action to mitigate climate change. However, linking environmental information to statement…
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Motivated skepticism about anthropogenic climate change is tied to economic system justification, that is, defence of the capitalist system.
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- Authors
- Hennes, E. P., Ruisch, B. C., Feygina, I., Monteiro, C. A., & Jost, J. T.
- Affiliations
- Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Climate Central (US)
- University of Massachusetts Boston (US)
- New York University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
- Published
- 2016-06
- Volume
- 145
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 755-771
- ISSN
- 0096-3445 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-2222
- OpenAlex
- W2342684657
- Cited by
- 116
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 3 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 30.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Experimental Psychology General (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (SES-1226944)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Keywords
- system justification, climate change skepticism, anthropogenic climate change, economic systems, economic recession, economic recovery, environmental information processing, pro-environmental attitudes, climate change mitigation
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Economics, Humans, Motivation, Mental Recall, Climate Change
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