What was the best predictor of compliance with #publicHealth officials' recommendations to wash hands, stay at home, wear masks in public, etc. in April and May of 2020?
In our data (N ≅ 1000 people in the U.S), it was #effectiveAltruism (believing we have a duty to help if it doesn't make things worse)
The best predictor of flouting public health recommendations?
Preferring #liberty to #equality.
And we didn't detect an #identifiableVictomEffect.
Similar to the latter "Your Health vs. My Liberty" result (preferring liberty to equality predicted less hand-washing, staying at home, etc.), endorsing "individual responsibility over gov...support" predicted lower "truth discernment" in "most" (of 16) nations.
#Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/a9frz
#Epistemology #Politics #MotivatedReasoning? #Rationality #DecisionScience #CogSci #xPhi
Replication of the link between perceived threat of a #pandemic and compliance with #publicHealth recommendations in 18 country, longitudinal study and U.S. follow-ups.
The #preprint also reports correlations with *political trust*.
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/d3jtn_v1
(I didn't see our philosophy measures.)
Nick Byrd, Ph.D.