Verbal Reasoning & Justification of Scientific Knowledge Beliefs

EasyChair Preprint 3915

Abstract

1374 undergraduates took a shorter version of the verbal-reasoning section of LSAT test and justification of scientific knowing questionnaire. A principal component analysis yielded three dimensions: Personal Justification (JP), Justification by Authority (JA), and Justification by Multiple Sources (JMS). Whereas students who relied highly on JMS performed better on the verbal-reasoning task than their less-relying counterparts, JP had the opposite effect. Implications of the results and validation of the justification of knowing questionnaire are discussed.

Keyphrases: Justification of Knowledge, Verbal Reasoning, epistemic beliefs, individual difference

@booklet{EasyChair:3915,
  author    = {Srikanth Dandotkar and M. Anne Britt},
  title     = {Verbal Reasoning & Justification of Scientific Knowledge Beliefs},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 3915},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2020}}