Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2020/Climate change denial motivation

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Wicked Problem[edit source]

Looking forward to reading the values and world view section as well as the psychological factors. I found the framing of Climate Change as a 'wicked problem' very fascinating when studying the climate change and business futures unit at UC. --U3145017 (discusscontribs) 14:51, 31 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Research article[edit source]

Thought this might be an interesting article for your topic! https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311915469_Denial_Versus_Reality_of_Climate_Change --U3187486 (discusscontribs) 11:58, 6 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Heading casing[edit source]

FYI, the convention on Wikiversity is for sentence casing. For example, the wikitext should be:

== Cats and mice ==

rather than

== Cats and Mice ==

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 06:42, 18 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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Title and sub-title[edit source]

  1. Very good
  2. Formatting adjusted

User page[edit source]

  1. Not created

Social contribution[edit source]

  1. None summarised with link(s) to evidence.

Section headings[edit source]

  1. Overall, a simple but effective 2-level structure.
  2. Sections which include sub-sections should also include an overview paragraph (which doesn't need a separate heading) before branching into the sub-headings.
  3. See earlier comment about Heading casing.

Key points[edit source]

  1. Overall, the proposed chapter looks promising.
  2. Consider providing a little more info/background about the psychology of "denial" (e.g., what else might be "denied" (e.g., anti-vaccination, thinking about death, health screening) and why? And how does this relate to CCD? How is CCD similar to or different from other types of psychological denial?). A lot of what is proposed in the "What motivates people to partake in climate change denial?" section is actually not specific to CCD, so perhaps put this instead in an earlier section about the psychology of denial, so that the "What motivates people to partake in climate change denial?" can be more the specific application of these theories to CCD and CCD research.
  3. APA style for citations includes a comma in this situation: (Surname1, Surname2, & Surname 3) rather than (Surname1, Surname2 & Surname 3).
  4. Avoid providing too much background information (e.g., about climate change). Briefly summarise generic concepts such as climate change and provide internal wiki links to further information. Then focus most of the content on directly answering the core question(s) posed by the chapter sub-title.
  5. Include in-text interwiki links for the first mention of key terms to relevant Wikipedia articles and/or to other relevant book chapters.
  6. Consider including more examples/case studies.

Image[edit source]

  1. An image (figure) is presented.
  2. Caption
    1. uses APA style.
    2. explains how the image connects to key points being made in the main text.
  3. Cite each figure at least once in the main text.

References[edit source]

  1. Excellent

Resources[edit source]

  1. See also
    1. Use bullet-points (see Tutorial 1)
  2. External links
    1. Include source in brackets after link

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 06:42, 18 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Update: User page and social contribution exist via Aimeeclaire (looks good) and social contribution marks revised.
  • Consider linking to your eportfolio page and/or any other professional online profile such as LinkedIn. This is not required, but it can be useful to interlink your professional networks.
  • Consider also making contributions to other Wikiversity book chapters.

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 22:10, 18 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Social identity denial for climate change[edit source]

There is some good research available on how what community an individual identities with can impact their beliefs on climate change. Further, there is examples of how to influence deniers. I have added a link to a good paper if you're interested https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00121/full --Jackson McNee (discusscontribs) 00:58, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]


Additional information[edit source]

I would be interested to read a subheading or section on the effects of climate change denial on the effects of believers, and suggest you could potentially look at cognitive dissonance as a factor causing or sustaining the denial. U3202026 (discusscontribs) 06:36, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Interactive learning features[edit source]

Hi, this looks like a great start to a very interesting topic. However, I noticed that you don't have a quiz. Part of the criteria is to have an interactive learning feature. This is a super quick and easy section to add, and helps engage learners. Here's a link to a Wikiversity help page for setting up quizzes. U3189449 (discusscontribs) 23:49, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Motivations behind denial[edit source]

I thought you might be able to discuss the different motivations that can cause this denial. I know my grandfather spent made his livelihood in fracking and lithium mining. He uses this denial as a defence mechanism. Maybe look into the Freud defence mechanism denial and why people do it. Maybe discuss how a lot of people who have very little scientific knowledge on the topic are being so vocal. Maybe also look into conspiracy theories and why people cling to them. Good luck! --U3201178 (discusscontribs) 06:01, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relevant Article[edit source]

Found this article https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886914003596?casa_token=BZI4yY6IfkwAAAAA:REnV8WpRBnOoXdOoiakO1X8jSoU5ViywR15gYZ11BHjLgcji-SkujNQEiEN6LDkJx4hqSPaJVw that you may find interesting and relevant to your chapter!


Chapter review and feedback[edit source]

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Overall[edit source]

  1. Overall, this is a very good chapter that successfully uses psychological theory and research to help address a practical, real-world phenomenon or problem.
  2. For additional feedback, see the following comments and these copyedits.

Theory[edit source]

  1. Relevant theories are well selected, described, integrated, and explained.

Research[edit source]

  1. Relevant research is well reviewed and discussed in relation to theory.
  2. When describing important research findings, consider including a bit more detail about the methodology and indicating the size of effects in addition to whether or not there was an effect or relationship.
  3. Greater emphasis on major reviews and/or meta-analyses would be helpful.
  4. Some claims are unreferenced (e.g., see the [factual?] tags).

Written expression[edit source]

  1. Written expression
    1. Overall, the quality of written expression is very good.
    2. The chapter benefited from a well developed Overview and Conclusion, with clear focus question(s) and take-home messages.
  2. Layout
    1. Sections which branch into sub-sections should include an introductory paragraph before branching into the sub-sections.
    2. See earlier comments about heading casing.
    3. The chapter is well structured, with major sections using sub-sections.
  3. Learning features
    1. Very good use of embedded in-text interwiki links to Wikipedia articles. Links should go to the main Wikipedia articles, rather than Simple Wikipedia articles.
    2. No use of embedded in-text links to related book chapters. Embedding in-text links to related book chapters helps to integrate this chapter into the broader book project.
    3. Format bullet-points (e.g., for the See also section), per Tutorial 1.
    4. Basic use of image(s).
    5. No use of table(s).
    6. Basic use of feature box(es).
    7. No use of quiz(zes).
  4. Grammar
    1. Check and make correct use of commas.
    2. Use serial commas[1] - they are part of APA style and are generally recommended by grammaticists. Here's a 1 min. explanatory video.
  5. APA style
    1. Citations are not in full APA style. For example:
      1. There should be no comma before "&" when there are two authors.
      2. If there are three or more authors, cite the first author followed by et al., then year. For example, either:
        1. in-text, Smith et al. (2020), or
        2. in parentheses (Smith et al., 2020)
      3. Use ampersand (&) inside brackets and "and" outside brackets.
    2. References use correct APA style.

Social contribution[edit source]

  1. ~3 logged, useful, social contributions with direct links to evidence. No Wikiversity social contributions.

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 12:46, 26 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]


Multimedia feedback

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Overall[edit source]

  1. Overall, this is a reasonably good presentation.

Structure and content[edit source]

  1. Comments about the book chapter also apply to this section.
  2. An appropriate amount of content is presented - not too much or too little.
  3. The presentation is well structured.
  4. Consider adding and narrating an Overview slide (e.g., with focus questions), to help orientate the viewer about what will be covered.
  5. The presentation makes excellent use of theory.
  6. The presentation makes little use of research.
  7. The presentation provides practical advice.
  8. A Conclusion slide is presented with a take-home message(s).

Communication[edit source]

  1. The presentation is interesting to watch and listen to.
  2. The presentation makes effective use of text and image based slides with narrated audio.
  3. Well paced. Excellent pauses between sentences. This helps the viewer to cognitively digest the information that has just been presented before moving on to the next point.
  4. Excellent intonation to enhance listener interest and engagement.
  5. Consider improving articulation to enhance the clarity of speech.
  6. The font size is sufficiently large to make it easy to read.
  7. The visual communication is effectively supplemented by images.

Production quality[edit source]

  1. The video is well produced using simple tools.
  2. The chapter title and sub-title are used in the name of the presentation - this helps to clearly convey the purpose of the presentation.
  3. The sub-title is missing on the opening slide - this would help to clearly convey the purpose of the presentation.
  4. Audio recording quality was good, although a little quiet.
  5. Visual display quality was basic but effective.
  6. Image sources and their copyright status are provided.
  7. A copyright license for the presentation is provided.
  8. A copyright license for the presentation is provided in the video description but not in the meta-data.
  9. A link to the book chapter is provided.
  10. A link from the book chapter is provided.
  11. A written description of the presentation is provided.

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 13:09, 26 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]