Problem
Selective perception of facts
Nature:
The selective perception of facts that support prejudices and the blindness to facts that disprove them, play important roles in the accumulation and spread of superstitions, falsehoods and lies in society.
Broader Problems:
PrejudiceSubjectivity Narrower Problems:
Unrecognized opportunitiesDiscriminatory biological theoriesInstitutionalized callousness of public servicesSpiritual anti-truth Aggravates:
IgnoranceSocial inequalityInhibited grief processProcrastination of science in the face of the unexplained Strategies:
Managing public risk perceptionUsing selective informationBroadening perception of facts Values:
MisperceptionSelective Subject(s):
Psychology → Psychology ??Research, Standards → Experimental??
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
10.04.2019 – 13:24 CEST