Individuals rely on accurate information to make important decisions, but in the current environment the vast amount of misinformation present in society is complicating people's thinking. Many people fall prey to a cognitive bias called the continued influence effect, which occurs when they continue to use misinformation even when they have seen and can acknowledge a correction of the inaccurate messaging. Researchers have started to examine this phenomenon in the context of socioscientific issues such as vaccination, but it is not apparent that it occurs when people engage with less politicized topics. Debunking interventions have also largely been ineffective at helping people avoid the bias. This suggests a need to investigate prebunking interventions to combat the continued influence effect. In this dissertation, I conducted three studies examining if people exhibited the continued influence effect when dealing with misinformation about the topic of antioxidant supplements. In the first study, novel materials were reviewed by ten individuals who provided feedback on their accessibility and clarity. In the second study, a randomized control trial (n = 440), the continued influence effect was not detected, but the manipulation of beliefs by misinformation was. After revising the materials, a third study was conducted (n = 572) to examine the efficacy of a prebunking epistemic cognition and metacognition intervention at attenuating the occurrence of the continued influence effect. Again, the bias was not detected. The findings indicated that the continued influence effect may only occur with more politicized and controversial socioscientific issues. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]