Across
- 2. Misinformation, “Creating ambiguity about scientists’ motives has been used by misinformation campaigns to undermine climate scientists”
- 4. Directed Elsewhere, “Polling data as recent as 2017 suggest that the most important perceived problems currently facing Americans are the economy (17–26%) and dissatisfaction with the government/poor leadership (18–25%)”
- 6. Cognition, “Individuals process information about climate change in a way that maintains their beliefs and protects them from attributions of responsibility”
- 8. “Individuals often remain silent on these issues when they are concerned about their lack of knowledge about climate change”
Down
- 1. Climate Change, “Those skeptical of climate change are much less likely to choose to receive information about their carbon footprint from an airplane flight than those who are sure that climate change is happening”
- 3. Definitions, “Mental models of climate change are often limited to images such as polar bears, melting icebergs, and heat waves, rather than examples such as poverty, migration, or food scarcity”
- 4. Ambiguity, “About a third of Americans believe that climate change is a result of natural causes”
- 5. Unpleasant Emotion, “The real possibility of mass species extinctions, thousands of people dying from starvation and natural disasters, and various other dystopian futures can be too emotionally difficult for many to handle”
- 7. Presentation Concerns, “Stereotypes of those who hold more moderate opinions are less extreme, suggesting that the safe response for those who are concerned about self-presentation is to express moderate or no opinions about climate change”