The 'deficit' model of how non-scientists are thought to understand science holds that knowledge flows from scientists to non-scientists. But the model also implies that...
The 'deficit' model of how non-scientists are thought to understand science holds that knowledge flows from scientists to non-scientists. But the model also implies that...
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The 'deficit' model of how non-scientists are thought to understand science holds that knowledge flows from scientists to non-scientists. But the model also implies that...
Select one:
a.
...scientists have knowledge not only about scientific things, but all things (have expertise in unrelated subjects)
b.
...scientists have the right to communicate while non-scientists should just listen (if they don't, they're mistaken and/or stupid)
c.
...since non-scientists differ from scientists by lacking something - knowledge and facts - this 'deficit' (emptiness) must be filled with knowledge and facts
d.
...both a and b
e.
...all of the above
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The information deficit hypothesis places blame for public animosity toward science and technology on a lack of comprehension that results from a lack of information in studies of the people's understanding of science. It is linked to a distinction between scientists who possess knowledge and non-scientists who do not. According to the approach, communication efforts should be directed toward enhancing the dissemination of knowledge from scientists to non-scientists.
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