Okay, Quick question: why do some people want to believe that there's a
conspiracy going on? I'm thinking the usual: that we didn't land on the moon,
that the twin towers were destroyed by the US, etc.
Michael A. Britt, Ph.D.
mich...@thepsychfiles.com
http://www.ThePsychFiles.com
Twitter:
OK I have a minute:(1) Separating other people into out-groups and in-groups is a basic human tendency (2) We identify groups by some combination of physical characteristics, gestures, uniforms, languages and accents, customs and beliefs (3) "The media"
typo, yikes! ... liberals are _not_ above this! ==John W. Kulig, Ph.D.Professor of PsychologyCoordinator, Psychology HonorsPlymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 ==From: "John Kulig"
Ask, and ye shall receive!
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/magazine/why-rational-people-buy-into-conspiracy-theories.html?hp_r=1;
Chris
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Christopher D. Green
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
Canada
chri...@yorku.ca
http://www.yorku.ca/christo/
On 2013-06-06, at 12:57 PM, John Kulig wrote:
In-group, out-group joke of the day: Nobody goes to Coney Island anymore. It
gets too crowded!
Stolen like a thief in the night from Yogi Berra!
http://quote.webcircle.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?city=New%20York
Chris
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Christopher D. Green
I haven't been keeping up with the conversation, but
doi:10.1177/0956797612457686
A recent Psych Science article on conspiracies and a motivated rejection of
science.
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Marc Carter, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology
Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences
College of Arts
Argg! I got busted! ==John W. Kulig, Ph.D.Professor of PsychologyCoordinator, Psychology HonorsPlymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 ==From: "Christopher Green" chri...@yorku.caTo: "Teaching in the