Nigusie Gashaye Shita, Liknaw Bewket Zeleke
Predictors of divorce and duration of marriage among first marriage women in Dejne administrative town
Scientific reports
despite everyday argumentation crucial human communication decisionmaking cognitive determinants argument evaluation poorly known study examined attitudes aspects cognitive sophistication ie thinking styles scientific literacy relate peoples acceptance poorly justified arguments eg unwarranted appeals naturalness controversial topics eg genetically modified organisms gmos participants accepting poorly justified arguments aligned attitudes compared opposed attitudes true regardless ones thinking styles level scientific literacy still examined aspects cognitive sophistication also positively related fallacy detection strongest cognitive predictors correctly recognizing fallacies ones scientific reasoning ability active openmindedness results thus imply decreasing misleading attitude effects increasing certain aspects analytic scientific thinking could improve argumentation