Processing Inaccurate Information by David N. Rapp - ISBN: 9780262547680
Paperback
Unpacking misinformation: Why we believe what we know is wrong.

Processing Inaccurate Information

Theoretical and Applied Perspectives from Cognitive Science and the Educational Sciences

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  • Paperback

    480 pages

  • Release Date

    4 April 2023

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Summary

Interdisciplinary approaches to identifying, understanding, and remediating people’s reliance on inaccurate information that they should know to be wrong.

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 knowle…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262547680
ISBN-10:0262547686
Author:David N. Rapp, Jason L.G. Braasch
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:480
Release Date:4 April 2023
Weight:369g
Dimensions:229mm x 178mm
About The Author

David N. Rapp

David N. Rapp is Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology at Northwestern University.

Jason L. G. Braasch is Assistant Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Memphis.

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