The influence of intelligence and emotions on the acceptability of genetically modified organisms

The purpose of the study was to explore the relation between the acceptance of genetically modified organisms, basic emotions, general (IQ), verbal (VIQ) and procedural (PIQ) intelligence. The sample comprised 123 students of psychology (N = 65; 52.8%) and pre-service teachers (N = 58; 47.2%). There...

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Autores principales:	Sorgo,Andrej, Jausovec,Norbert, Jausovec,Ksenija, Puhek,Miro
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso 2012
Materias:	acceptability emotions genetically modified organisms intelligence
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-345820120001000012012-06-06The influence of intelligence and emotions on the acceptability of genetically modified organismsSorgo,AndrejJausovec,NorbertJausovec,KsenijaPuhek,Miro acceptability emotions genetically modified organisms intelligence The purpose of the study was to explore the relation between the acceptance of genetically modified organisms, basic emotions, general (IQ), verbal (VIQ) and procedural (PIQ) intelligence. The sample comprised 123 students of psychology (N = 65; 52.8%) and pre-service teachers (N = 58; 47.2%). There were 52 (42.3%) females and 71 males (57.7%) from one of the Slovenian universities. The conclusions of the study are as follows: a) acceptability of genetically modified organisms cannot be considered as a single group, but each GMO should be considered separately. Plants and microorganisms are much more easily to be accepted than animals and usages others than for food are more acceptable. Females showed higher level of acceptance than males. b) Among responses involving ten basic emotions (fear, anger, joy, disgust, sadness, shame, contempt, guilt, surprise and interest), anger, fear, disgust and contempt are significantly correlated with the rejection of GMOs. Interest and surprise are the most frequent responses towards GMOs but are not correlated with acceptance, showing that interest can be triggered by both negative and positive attitudes toward GMOs. c) IQ in females is negatively correlated with fear, disgust, sadness, shame, contempt, guilt and surprise (statistically significant); VIQ with fear, disgust, shame and guilt; PIQ with joy, shame and guilt. Higher IQ, VIQ and PIQ are connected with the lower emotional response, leading to easier acceptance of GMOs.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de ValparaísoElectronic Journal of Biotechnology v.15 n.1 20122012-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582012000100001en
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spellingShingle	acceptability emotions genetically modified organisms intelligence Sorgo,Andrej Jausovec,Norbert Jausovec,Ksenija Puhek,Miro The influence of intelligence and emotions on the acceptability of genetically modified organisms
description	The purpose of the study was to explore the relation between the acceptance of genetically modified organisms, basic emotions, general (IQ), verbal (VIQ) and procedural (PIQ) intelligence. The sample comprised 123 students of psychology (N = 65; 52.8%) and pre-service teachers (N = 58; 47.2%). There were 52 (42.3%) females and 71 males (57.7%) from one of the Slovenian universities. The conclusions of the study are as follows: a) acceptability of genetically modified organisms cannot be considered as a single group, but each GMO should be considered separately. Plants and microorganisms are much more easily to be accepted than animals and usages others than for food are more acceptable. Females showed higher level of acceptance than males. b) Among responses involving ten basic emotions (fear, anger, joy, disgust, sadness, shame, contempt, guilt, surprise and interest), anger, fear, disgust and contempt are significantly correlated with the rejection of GMOs. Interest and surprise are the most frequent responses towards GMOs but are not correlated with acceptance, showing that interest can be triggered by both negative and positive attitudes toward GMOs. c) IQ in females is negatively correlated with fear, disgust, sadness, shame, contempt, guilt and surprise (statistically significant); VIQ with fear, disgust, shame and guilt; PIQ with joy, shame and guilt. Higher IQ, VIQ and PIQ are connected with the lower emotional response, leading to easier acceptance of GMOs.
author	Sorgo,Andrej Jausovec,Norbert Jausovec,Ksenija Puhek,Miro
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title	The influence of intelligence and emotions on the acceptability of genetically modified organisms
title_short	The influence of intelligence and emotions on the acceptability of genetically modified organisms
title_full	The influence of intelligence and emotions on the acceptability of genetically modified organisms
title_fullStr	The influence of intelligence and emotions on the acceptability of genetically modified organisms
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publisher	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
publishDate	2012
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The influence of intelligence and emotions on the acceptability of genetically modified organisms

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