Examining the Relationship Between Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal Beliefs, and Pseudoscience Acceptance Among a University Population

Summary Very little research has investigated whether believing in paranormal, conspiracy, and pseudoscientific claims are related, even though they share the property of having no epistemic warrant. The present study investigated the association between these categories of epistemically unwarranted...

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Vydáno v:Applied cognitive psychology Ročník 28; číslo 5; s. 617 - 625
Hlavní autoři: Lobato, Emilio, Mendoza, Jorge, Sims, Valerie, Chin, Matthew
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Chichester Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2014
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Témata:
Belief & doubt
Beliefs
Biological and medical sciences
Classification
Conspiracy
Correlation analysis
Epistemology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Individual differences
Ontology
Parapsychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Belief
Human
Acceptance
University
Conspiracy theory
Interindividual comparison
University environment
Cognition
Student
Paranormal
ISSN:0888-4080, 1099-0720
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Shrnutí:Summary Very little research has investigated whether believing in paranormal, conspiracy, and pseudoscientific claims are related, even though they share the property of having no epistemic warrant. The present study investigated the association between these categories of epistemically unwarranted beliefs. Results revealed moderate to strong positive correlations between the three categories of epistemically unwarranted beliefs, suggesting that believers in one type tended to also endorse other types. In addition, one individual difference measure, looking at differences in endorsing ontological confusions, was found to be predictive of both paranormal and conspiracy beliefs. Understanding the relationship between peoples' beliefs in these types of claims has theoretical implications for research into why individuals believe empirically unsubstantiated claims. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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ISSN:0888-4080
1099-0720
DOI:10.1002/acp.3042