4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (721+ words) Voicing these beliefs can strain established social connections and alienate peers. Family members and friends often report reduced satisfaction in their relationships when a loved one begins endorsing hidden plots. Romantically, having a partner who adopts these worldviews often precedes…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (841+ words) Previous work has identified two separate predictors of these beliefs. First, people have varying levels of “conspiracy thinking,” which is a general psychological tendency to assume that secret, sinister forces control world events. Second, people tend to favor their own…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1181+ words) Conspiracy theories often present straightforward explanations for chaotic global events. They tend to blame corruption or malicious intent for complex world problems. This offers a single narrative that can make the world feel easier to comprehend. Past research has usually…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (834+ words) The study was conducted by Alexander Jedinger, a senior researcher at the GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, and Pascal Siegers, head of the Research Data Center at the same institute. The researchers wanted to explore the psychological mechanisms…...