Advice‐taking in carbon footprint assessments
How psychological and cultural factors shape reliance on experts' advice
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 9620239 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Irmak Sancar (0009-0003-0505-9829, Department of Communication and Cognition, Tilburg Center of Cognition and Communication Tilburg University Tilburg The Netherlands), Kenzo Nera (0000-0001-8518-386X, Center for Social and Cultural Psychology Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels Belgium), Céline Schöpfer (0000-0001-5111-9245, Philosophy Department and Swiss Center for Affective Sciences University of Geneva Geneva Switzerland), François Tomas (0000-0003-0197-3368, Department of Communication and Cognition, Tilburg Center of Cognition and Communication Tilburg University Tilburg The Netherlands, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2025 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2025-09-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | British Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295 |
| Editorial | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/bjop.70026 |
| PMID | 40926337 |
| OpenAlex | W4414085223 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 73 |
In this pre‐registered experiment conducted in the Netherlands and Türkiye ( N total = 550), we investigated how the source of advice (peer vs. expert) influences people's decision‐making when assessing the carbon footprint of a flight between two cities. We also examined whether this effect was influenced by their conspiracy mentality, collective narcissism, epistemic individualism, and climate change scepticism. Our findings suggest that people overall rely more on experts' advice than peers', especially in the Netherlands compared with Türkiye. Moreover, individuals high in conspiracy beliefs, epistemic individualism, and collective narcissism reduced the weight advantage typically given to expert advice over peer advice. Only a specific form of climate change scepticism (i.e., trend scepticism) showed similar effects. Overall, our results indicate that individuals who value their own opinion and harbour distrust towards experts or science tend to discount expert advice
Advice (programming) · Carbon Footprint · Climate science · Cynicism · Distrust · Narcissism · Skepticism · Value (mathematics) · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Environmental Education and Sustainability
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| Altamente citado | No |