Addicted to answers : need for cognitive closure and the endorsement of conspiracy beliefs

2018
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179
dc.abstract.enConspiracy theories offer simple answers to complex problems by providing explanations for uncertain situations. Thus, they should be attractive to individuals who are intolerant of uncertainty and seek cognitive closure. We hypothesized that need for cognitive closure (NFCC) should foster conspiracy beliefs about events that lack clear official explanations, especially when conspiracy theories are temporarily salient. In Experiment 1, NFCC positively predicted the endorsement of a conspiracy theory behind the refugee crisis, especially when conspiratorial explanations were made salient. Experiment 2 showed that when conspiratorial explanations were made salient, NFCC positively predicted beliefs in conspiracies behind a mysterious plane crash. However, the link between NFCC and beliefs in conspiratorial explanations was reversed in the case of a plane crash with an official, non-conspiratorial, explanation for the accident. In conclusion, people high (vs. low) in NFCC seize on conspiratorial explanations for uncertain events when such explanations are situationally accessible.pl
dc.affiliationWydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Psychologiipl
dc.contributor.authorMarchlewska, Martapl
dc.contributor.authorCichocka, Aleksandrapl
dc.contributor.authorKossowska, Małgorzata - 129191 pl
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-14T19:48:57Z
dc.date.available2018-03-14T19:48:57Z
dc.date.issued2018pl
dc.description.number2pl
dc.description.physical109-117pl
dc.description.volume48pl
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ejsp.2308pl
dc.identifier.eissn1099-0992pl
dc.identifier.issn0046-2772pl
dc.identifier.urihttps://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/51898
dc.languageengpl
dc.language.containerengpl
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dc.subject.enconspiracy beliefspl
dc.subject.enuncertainty threatpl
dc.subject.enneed for cognitive closurepl
dc.subtypeArticlepl
dc.titleAddicted to answers : need for cognitive closure and the endorsement of conspiracy beliefspl
dc.title.journalEuropean Journal of Social Psychologypl
dc.typeJournalArticlepl
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dc.abstract.enpl
Conspiracy theories offer simple answers to complex problems by providing explanations for uncertain situations. Thus, they should be attractive to individuals who are intolerant of uncertainty and seek cognitive closure. We hypothesized that need for cognitive closure (NFCC) should foster conspiracy beliefs about events that lack clear official explanations, especially when conspiracy theories are temporarily salient. In Experiment 1, NFCC positively predicted the endorsement of a conspiracy theory behind the refugee crisis, especially when conspiratorial explanations were made salient. Experiment 2 showed that when conspiratorial explanations were made salient, NFCC positively predicted beliefs in conspiracies behind a mysterious plane crash. However, the link between NFCC and beliefs in conspiratorial explanations was reversed in the case of a plane crash with an official, non-conspiratorial, explanation for the accident. In conclusion, people high (vs. low) in NFCC seize on conspiratorial explanations for uncertain events when such explanations are situationally accessible.
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Wydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorpl
Marchlewska, Marta
dc.contributor.authorpl
Cichocka, Aleksandra
dc.contributor.authorpl
Kossowska, Małgorzata - 129191
dc.date.accessioned
2018-03-14T19:48:57Z
dc.date.available
2018-03-14T19:48:57Z
dc.date.issuedpl
2018
dc.description.numberpl
2
dc.description.physicalpl
109-117
dc.description.volumepl
48
dc.identifier.doipl
10.1002/ejsp.2308
dc.identifier.eissnpl
1099-0992
dc.identifier.issnpl
0046-2772
dc.identifier.uri
https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/51898
dc.languagepl
eng
dc.language.containerpl
eng
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Dodaję tylko opis bibliograficzny
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dc.subject.enpl
conspiracy beliefs
dc.subject.enpl
uncertainty threat
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need for cognitive closure
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Article
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Addicted to answers : need for cognitive closure and the endorsement of conspiracy beliefs
dc.title.journalpl
European Journal of Social Psychology
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JournalArticle
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