Mitchell Rabinowitz
Biographic Data
| ID | 3837268 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mitchell Rabinowitz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mitchell |
| FAMILY NAME | Rabinowitz |
| SIGNATURE | RABINOWITZ M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fordham University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8774-5288 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Distinguishing facts from beliefs
The influence of political ideology and trust on willingness to vaccinate
In light of the increasing refusal of some parents to vaccinate children, public health strategies have focused on increasing knowledge and awareness based on a "knowledge-deficit" approach. However, decisions about vaccination are based on more than mere knowledge of risks, costs, and benefits. Individual decision making about vaccinating involves many other factors including those related to emotion, culture, religion, and socio-political conte…
Beliefs about Vaccinations
The current study compares health care professionals' beliefs about vaccination statements with the beliefs of a sample of individuals from the general population. Students and faculty within a medical school ( n = 58) and a sample from the general population in the United States ( n = 177) were surveyed regarding their beliefs about vaccinations. Participants evaluated statements about vaccinations (both supporting and opposing), and indicated w…
Distinguishing facts from beliefs
This paper presents results from five studies that investigate how people perceive the distinction between facts and beliefs. The central question being asked is whether the features that distinguish the categories of facts and beliefs are distinct or overlapping. In each of the five studies, participants are presented with content statements and asked the degree to which they agree with a given statement, the degree to which they think others wo…
Age-related differences in the organization of children's knowledge of illness
This article compares the structures of illness schemata of healthy children demonstrating varying degrees of knowledge about illness. Three age groups participated (6-7-year-olds, 9-10-year-olds, and 13-14-year-olds). The younger children were more likely to use non-illness-related concepts when sorting illness-related stimuli. Performance on recognition of illness and cause of illness tasks further suggestd that younger children used concepts r…
Text Effects on Main Idea Comprehension
IN TWO STUDIES the authors examined the effects of selected text features on students' main idea comprehension. Seventy-five fourth-grade, 78 sixth-grade, and 107 eleventh-grade students in the United States participated in the studies. In Study 1, students were asked to identify the main ideas of two kinds of text with a listing structure: contrived instructional texts, and less constrained texts like those in content area textbooks. In Study 2,…
Age-related differences in the organization of children's knowledge of illness
This article compares the structures of illness schemata of healthy children demonstrating varying degrees of knowledge about illness. Three age groups participated (6-7-year-olds, 9-10-year-olds, and 13-14-year-olds). The younger children were more likely to use non-illness-related concepts when sorting illness-related stimuli. Performance on recognition of illness and cause of illness tasks further suggestd that younger children used concepts r…
Text Effects on Main Idea Comprehension
IN TWO STUDIES the authors examined the effects of selected text features on students' main idea comprehension. Seventy-five fourth-grade, 78 sixth-grade, and 107 eleventh-grade students in the United States participated in the studies. In Study 1, students were asked to identify the main ideas of two kinds of text with a listing structure: contrived instructional texts, and less constrained texts like those in content area textbooks. In Study 2,…
Text Effects on Main Idea Comprehension
IN TWO STUDIES the authors examined the effects of selected text features on students' main idea comprehension. Seventy-five fourth-grade, 78 sixth-grade, and 107 eleventh-grade students in the United States participated in the studies. In Study 1, students were asked to identify the main ideas of two kinds of text with a listing structure: contrived instructional texts, and less constrained texts like those in content area textbooks. In Study 2,…
Age-related differences in the organization of children's knowledge of illness
This article compares the structures of illness schemata of healthy children demonstrating varying degrees of knowledge about illness. Three age groups participated (6-7-year-olds, 9-10-year-olds, and 13-14-year-olds). The younger children were more likely to use non-illness-related concepts when sorting illness-related stimuli. Performance on recognition of illness and cause of illness tasks further suggestd that younger children used concepts r…
Distinguishing facts from beliefs
This paper presents results from five studies that investigate how people perceive the distinction between facts and beliefs. The central question being asked is whether the features that distinguish the categories of facts and beliefs are distinct or overlapping. In each of the five studies, participants are presented with content statements and asked the degree to which they agree with a given statement, the degree to which they think others wo…
The influence of political ideology and trust on willingness to vaccinate
In light of the increasing refusal of some parents to vaccinate children, public health strategies have focused on increasing knowledge and awareness based on a "knowledge-deficit" approach. However, decisions about vaccination are based on more than mere knowledge of risks, costs, and benefits. Individual decision making about vaccinating involves many other factors including those related to emotion, culture, religion, and socio-political conte…
Beliefs about Vaccinations
The current study compares health care professionals' beliefs about vaccination statements with the beliefs of a sample of individuals from the general population. Students and faculty within a medical school ( n = 58) and a sample from the general population in the United States ( n = 177) were surveyed regarding their beliefs about vaccinations. Participants evaluated statements about vaccinations (both supporting and opposing), and indicated w…
Distinguishing facts from beliefs
Psychology (5 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Education and Critical Thinking Development (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (2 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (2 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (2 works) · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work)