Processing inaccurate information : theoretical and applied perspectives from cognitive science and the educational sciences / edited by David N. Rapp and Jason L.G. Braasch.
2014
Q172.5.E77 P76 2014
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Processing inaccurate information : theoretical and applied perspectives from cognitive science and the educational sciences / edited by David N. Rapp and Jason L.G. Braasch.
ISBN
9780262325646 (electronic bk.)
0262325640 (electronic bk.)
9780262027588 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0262027585 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0262325640 (electronic bk.)
9780262027588 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0262027585 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
Published
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
Copyright
2014
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 467 pages) : illustrations
Call Number
Q172.5.E77 P76 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
001
Summary
"Our lives revolve around the acquisition of information. Sometimes the information we acquire--from other people, from books, or from the media--is wrong. Studies show that people rely on such misinformation, sometimes even when they are aware that the information is inaccurate or invalid. And yet investigations of learning and knowledge acquisition largely ignore encounters with this sort of problematic material. This volume fills the gap, offering theoretical and empirical perspectives on the processing of misinformation and its consequences. The contributors, from cognitive science and education science, provide analyses that represent a variety of methodologies, theoretical orientations, and fields of expertise. The chapters describe the behavioral consequences of relying on misinformation and outline possible remediations; discuss the cognitive activities that underlie encounters with inaccuracies, investigating why reliance occurs so readily; present theoretical and philosophical considerations of the nature of inaccuracies; and offer formal, empirically driven frameworks that detail when and how inaccuracies will lead to comprehension difficulties"--MIT CogNet.
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