Table 2 The identified misconceptions and codes
From: Popular media and the bombardment of evolution misconceptions
Code | Misconceptions |
|---|---|
0 | Media source contains no misconceptions |
1 | Individual organisms evolved instead of populations |
2 | Teleological: organisms intentionally evolve |
3 | Evolution was depicted or described as a linear process |
4 | Only the fittest survive. The fittest organisms in a population are those that are strongest, healthiest, fastest, and/or largest |
5 | Humans directly evolved from apes |
6 | Adaptation was used as a means trying to evolve |
7 | Changes in the environment cause mutations |
8 | There is a conflict between religion and evolution |
9 | Dinosaurs and humans lived at the same time |