The emotional roots of conspiratorial perceptions, system justification, and belief in the paranormal.
We predicted that experiencing emotions that reflect uncertainty about the world (e.g., worry, surprise, fear, hope), compared to certain emotions (e.g., anger, happiness, disgust, contentment), would activate the need to imbue the world with order and structure across a wide range of compensatory m...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Vol. 56; pp. 89 - 96 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Academic Press Inc.
Jan2015
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=99919142&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 99919142 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00221031 JEZ jtl: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology issn: 00221031 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan2015 vid: 56 pid: 735 pub: Academic Press Inc. artinfo: ui: 99919142 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.09.002 ppf: 89 ppct: 7 formats: tig: atl: The emotional roots of conspiratorial perceptions, system justification, and belief in the paranormal. aug: au: Whitson, Jennifer A. Galinsky, Adam D. Kay, Aaron affil: The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business, Department of Management, 2110 Speedway Stop B6300, Austin, TX 78712-1750, USA Columbia University, Columbia Business School, Management Department, 3022 Broadway, New York, NY 10027-6902, USA Duke University, The Fuqua School of Business and Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, 100 Fuqua Drive, Durham, NC 27708, USA su: Emotions Sensory perception Parapsychology Belief & doubt Sensemaking theory (Communication) Experimental psychology sug: subj: Emotions Sensory perception Parapsychology Belief & doubt Sensemaking theory (Communication) Experimental psychology keyword: Compensatory control Emotion Illusory pattern perception Sensemaking Compensatory control Emotion Illusory pattern perception Sensemaking ab: We predicted that experiencing emotions that reflect uncertainty about the world (e.g., worry, surprise, fear, hope), compared to certain emotions (e.g., anger, happiness, disgust, contentment), would activate the need to imbue the world with order and structure across a wide range of compensatory measures. To test this hypothesis, three experiments orthogonally manipulated the uncertainty and the valence of emotions. Experiencing uncertain emotions increased defense of government (Experiment 1) and led people to embrace conspiracies and the paranormal (Experiment 2). Self-affirmation eliminated the effects of uncertain emotions on compensatory control (Experiment 3). Across all experiments, the valence of the emotions had no main effects on compensatory control and never interacted with the uncertainty of emotions. These studies establish a link between the experience of emotions and the desire for structure. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|