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View article: Law and order, magical spirits, and false flag operations: On the co‐occurrence of authoritarianism, spirituality, and conspiracy beliefs and their association with support of violent protests
Law and order, magical spirits, and false flag operations: On the co‐occurrence of authoritarianism, spirituality, and conspiracy beliefs and their association with support of violent protests Open
In Western democracies, commentators have noted an unprecedented diversity in protest movements opposing ecological and health regulations, including traditional right‐wing authoritarians alongside conspiracy and spiritual believers. Some …
View article: “Just Because It’s a Conspiracy Theory Doesn’t Mean They’re Not Out to Get You”: Differentiating the Correlates of Judgments of Plausible Versus Implausible Conspiracy Theories
“Just Because It’s a Conspiracy Theory Doesn’t Mean They’re Not Out to Get You”: Differentiating the Correlates of Judgments of Plausible Versus Implausible Conspiracy Theories Open
Although conspiracy theories exhibit varying degrees of plausibility as explanations for societal events, they are typically considered epistemically problematic. Since normative ascriptions of plausibility are not essential to their defin…
View article: WITHDRAWN
WITHDRAWN Open
The latent structure of individual difference constructs is a core concern in psychological science. Understanding latent structure has wide-ranging implications for measurement practices, statistical modelling choices, clinical/applied pr…
View article: Malevolent intentions and secret coordination. Dissecting cognitive processes in conspiracy beliefs via diffusion modeling
Malevolent intentions and secret coordination. Dissecting cognitive processes in conspiracy beliefs via diffusion modeling Open
There has been an increasing scholarly interest in the psychology behind conspiracy theories, the belief that events in the world are brought about by the secret coordination of others with negative intentions. Typically, people differ sys…
View article: Don't trust anybody: Conspiracy mentality and the detection of facial trustworthiness cues
Don't trust anybody: Conspiracy mentality and the detection of facial trustworthiness cues Open
Conspiracy theories express mistrust in common explanations and epistemic authorities. Independent of concrete content, the extent of endorsing conspiracy theories has also shown associations with interpersonal mistrust. Arguing from an ev…
View article: On the Relation Between Religiosity and the Endorsement of Conspiracy Theories: The Role of Political Orientation
On the Relation Between Religiosity and the Endorsement of Conspiracy Theories: The Role of Political Orientation Open
Religious and conspiracy beliefs share the feature of assuming powerful forces that determine the fate of the world. Correspondingly, they have been theorized to address similar psychological needs and to be based on similar cognitions, bu…
View article: Tearing apart the “evil” twins: A general conspiracy mentality is not the same as specific conspiracy beliefs
Tearing apart the “evil” twins: A general conspiracy mentality is not the same as specific conspiracy beliefs Open
Although sometimes used interchangeably, the present review highlights the important differences between generalized worldviews suspecting conspiracy at play (conspiracy mentality) and specific beliefs about the existence of a certain cons…
View article: On the relation between religiosity and the endorsement of conspiracy theories: The role of political orientation
On the relation between religiosity and the endorsement of conspiracy theories: The role of political orientation Open
Religious and conspiracy beliefs share the feature of assuming powerful forces that determine the fate of the world. Correspondingly, they have been theorized to address similar psychological needs and be based on similar cognitions, but t…
View article: A Uniform Conspiracy Mindset or Differentiated Reactions to Specific Conspiracy Beliefs? Evidence From Latent Profile Analyses
A Uniform Conspiracy Mindset or Differentiated Reactions to Specific Conspiracy Beliefs? Evidence From Latent Profile Analyses Open
Conspiracy theories arise for virtually any public event (e.g., pandemics, assassinations, disasters). In light of positively correlated endorsements of such beliefs, many have pointed to a more general mindset behind this. Others have arg…
View article: Cognitive processes behind the shooter bias: Dissecting response bias, motor preparation and information accumulation
Cognitive processes behind the shooter bias: Dissecting response bias, motor preparation and information accumulation Open
View article: Cognitive processes behind the shooter bias: Dissecting response bias, motor preparation and information accumulation
Cognitive processes behind the shooter bias: Dissecting response bias, motor preparation and information accumulation Open
A rich body of research points to racial biases in so-called police officer dilemma tasks: participants are generally faster and less error-prone to “shoot” (vs. not “shoot”) Black (vs. White) targets. In three experimental (and two supple…
View article: A Uniform Conspiracy Mindset or Differentiated Reactions to Specific Conspiracy Beliefs? Evidence From Latent Profile Analyses
A Uniform Conspiracy Mindset or Differentiated Reactions to Specific Conspiracy Beliefs? Evidence From Latent Profile Analyses Open
Conspiracy theories arise for virtually any public event (e.g., pandemics, assassinations, disasters). In light of positively correlated endorsements of such beliefs, many have pointed to a more general mindset behind this. Others have arg…