How social context affects decision-making processes to believe in false information

dc.contributor.authorAlikarami, Elnaz
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorSutherland, Robert J.
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-26T16:03:06Z
dc.date.available2020-11-26T16:03:06Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThe rise of fake news is posing an increasing threat to societies worldwide, but little is known about the cognitive processes that influence acceptance of false information. Here we report that social context influences such judgments. One hundred and eight participants went through 32 statements and were asked for each, “how likely is that the statement is true?” In half of the trials, the participants were provided with the opinion of a survey population and in half they were not. They were told the number of the people who believed that the statement is true and the number of the people who believed that the statement is false. The participants were asked to answer the same question again after getting the social feedback. The results show that individuals were reliably influenced by social feedback with a reaction proportional to the direction of the feedback.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5808
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subjectSocial research [0344]en_US
dc.proquest.subjectNeurosciences [0317]en_US
dc.proquest.subjectCognitive psychology [0633]en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Neuroscienceen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Neuroscienceen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectCognitive psychologyen_US
dc.subjectCritical Thinkingen_US
dc.subjectFake newsen_US
dc.subjectJudgmenten_US
dc.subjectReasoning (Psychology)en_US
dc.subjectThought and thinkingen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleHow social context affects decision-making processes to believe in false informationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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