Book contents
- Creating Conspiracy Beliefs
- Creating Conspiracy Beliefs
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 A Framework for Understanding How Conspiracy Beliefs Are Created
- Chapter 3 The Consequences of Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 4 Anxiety, Psychological Motivations, and Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 5 Sociopolitical Factors and Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 6 The Relation between Media and Anxiety
- Chapter 7 The Influence of Norms and Social Networks on Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 8 Influences of Media and Anxiety in a Psychological and Sociopolitical Context
- Chapter 9 Conclusions
- Appendix Methodology of Our Studies and Samples
- References
- Index
Chapter 4 - Anxiety, Psychological Motivations, and Conspiracy Beliefs
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 November 2021
- Creating Conspiracy Beliefs
- Creating Conspiracy Beliefs
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 A Framework for Understanding How Conspiracy Beliefs Are Created
- Chapter 3 The Consequences of Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 4 Anxiety, Psychological Motivations, and Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 5 Sociopolitical Factors and Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 6 The Relation between Media and Anxiety
- Chapter 7 The Influence of Norms and Social Networks on Conspiracy Beliefs
- Chapter 8 Influences of Media and Anxiety in a Psychological and Sociopolitical Context
- Chapter 9 Conclusions
- Appendix Methodology of Our Studies and Samples
- References
- Index
Summary
In this chapter, we review the psychology of fear and anxiety. Additionally, we examine earlier literatures that shed light on the belief-defense motivation, the belief accuracy motivation, and the social integration motivation. In particular, we focus on personality traits and cognitive styles connected to these conscpiracy forming motives as established through prior literatures and our own experiments' data.
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- Creating Conspiracy BeliefsHow Our Thoughts Are Shaped, pp. 55 - 91Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021