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Psychology of Belief and Disinformation

Curriculum

  • 7 Sections
  • 39 Lessons
  • 25 Minutes
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  • Learning objectives
    1
    • 1.0
      Learning objectives
  • Why do we believe what we believe?
    3
    • 2.0
      Why do we believe what we believe? 1/3
    • 2.1
      Why do we believe what we believe? 2/3
    • 2.2
      Why do we believe what we believe? 3/3
  • How disinformation spreads and sticks
    10
    • 3.0
      How disinformation spreads and sticks 1/9
    • 3.1
      How disinformation spreads and sticks 2/9
    • 3.2
      How disinformation spreads and sticks 3/9
    • 3.3
      How disinformation spreads and sticks 4/9
    • 3.4
      How disinformation spreads and sticks 5/9
    • 3.5
      How disinformation spreads and sticks 6/9
    • 3.6
      How disinformation spreads and sticks 7/9
    • 3.7
      How disinformation spreads and sticks 8/9
    • 3.8
      How disinformation spreads and sticks 9/9
    • 3.9
      How disinformation spreads and sticks Quiz
      2 Questions
  • Why disinformation sticks
    5
    • 4.0
      Why disinformation sticks 1/4
    • 4.1
      Why disinformation sticks 2/4
    • 4.2
      Why disinformation sticks 3/4
    • 4.3
      Why disinformation sticks 4/4
    • 4.4
      Why disinformation sticks Quiz
      3 Questions
  • Recognising emotional manipulation and moral framing in disinformation
    7
    • 5.0
      Recognising emotional manipulation and moral framing in disinformation 1/6
    • 5.1
      Recognising emotional manipulation and moral framing in disinformation 2/6
    • 5.2
      Recognising emotional manipulation and moral framing in disinformation 3/6
    • 5.3
      Recognising emotional manipulation and moral framing in disinformation 4/6
    • 5.4
      Recognising emotional manipulation and moral framing in disinformation 5/6
    • 5.5
      Recognising emotional manipulation and moral framing in disinformation 6/6
    • 5.6
      Recognising emotional manipulation and moral framing in disinformation Quiz
      4 Questions
  • Effective strategies to prevent and correct misinformation
    15
    • 6.0
      Effective strategies to prevent and correct misinformation 1/15
    • 6.1
      Effective strategies to prevent and correct misinformation 2/15
    • 6.2
      Effective strategies to prevent and correct misinformation 3/15
    • 6.3
      Effective strategies to prevent and correct misinformation 4/15
    • 6.4
      Effective strategies to prevent and correct misinformation 5/15
    • 6.5
      Effective strategies to prevent and correct misinformation 6/15
    • 6.6
      Effective strategies to prevent and correct misinformation 7/15
    • 6.7
      Effective strategies to prevent and correct misinformation 8/15
    • 6.8
      Effective strategies to prevent and correct misinformation 9/15
    • 6.9
      Effective strategies to prevent and correct misinformation 10/15
    • 6.10
      Effective strategies to prevent and correct misinformation 11/15
    • 6.11
      Effective strategies to prevent and correct misinformation 12/15
    • 6.12
      Effective strategies to prevent and correct misinformation 13/15
    • 6.13
      Effective strategies to prevent and correct misinformation 14/15
    • 6.14
      Effective strategies to prevent and correct misinformation 15/15
  • Sources
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    • 7.0
      Sources

Sources

Cook, J., Lewandowsky, S., & Ecker, U. K. H. (2017). Neutralizing misinformation through inoculation: Exposing misleading argumentation techniques reduces their influence. PLOS ONE, 12(5), Article e0175799. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175799

Cook, J., Ecker, U. K. H., & Lewandowsky, S. (2015). Misinformation and how to correct it. In R. A. Scott & S. M. Kosslyn (Eds.), Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Interdisciplinary, Searchable, and Linkable Resource (pp. 1–17). John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118900772.etrds0222

Grayling, A. Psychology: How we form beliefs. Nature 474, 446–447 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/474446a

Ecker, U. K. H., Lewandowsky, S., Cook, J., Schmid, P., Fazio, L. K., Brashier, N., Kendeou, P., Vraga, E. K., & Amazeen, M. A. (2022). The psychological drivers of misinformation belief and its resistance to correction. Nature Reviews Psychology, 1(1), 13–29. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-021-00006-y

Lewandowsky, S., Ecker, U. K. H., Seifert, C. M., Schwarz, N., & Cook, J. (2012). Misinformation and Its Correction: Continued Influence and Successful Debiasing. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 13(3), 106-131. https://doi.org/10.1177/1529100612451018

Sathyanarayana Rao, T. S., Asha, M. R., Jagannatha Rao, K. S., & Vasudevaraju, P. (2009). The biochemistry of belief. Indian journal of psychiatry, 51(4), 239–241. https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.58285

Shao, C., Ciampaglia, G. L., Varol, O., Yang, K., Flammini, A., & Menczer, F. (2017). The spread of low‑credibility content by social bots [Preprint]. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1707.07592

Van der Linden, S. (2023). Foolproof: Why misinformation infects our minds and how to build immunity (First American ed.). W. W. Norton & Company

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belief

https://www.apa.org/topics/journalism-facts/how-why-misinformation-spreads

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zcr8r2p

https://www.apa.org/topics/journalism-facts/how-why-misinformation-spreads

https://www.apa.org/news/podcasts/speaking-of-psychology/stopping-spread-misinformation

https://www.apa.org/news/podcasts/speaking-of-psychology/stopping-spread-misinformation

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