Title When ideology trumps science : why we question the experts on everything from climate change to vaccinations / Erika Allen Wolters and Brent S. Steel.

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 181 pages)
	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	1. Introduction -- 2. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) -- 3. Childhood vaccinations -- 4. Climate change -- 5. Teen sex -- 6. Stem cell research -- 7. Conclusion : what is to be done?
Summary	This book reveals how embedded beliefs more so than a lack of scientific knowledge and understanding are creating a cognitive bias toward information that coincides with personal beliefs rather than scientific consensus--and that this anti-science bias exists among liberals as well as conservatives.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Science -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Science -- Social aspects.
	United States.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Steel, Brent, author.
Other Form:	Print version: Wolters, Erika Allen. When ideology trumps science. Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018] 9781440849831 (DLC) 2017034264
ISBN	9781440849848 (electronic book)
	1440849846 (electronic book)
	9781440849831 (hardcover)