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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...

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Published in:Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Vol. 56; pp. 89 - 96
Main Authors: Whitson, Jennifer A., Galinsky, Adam D., Kay, Aaron
Format: Article
Published: Academic Press Inc. Jan2015
Subjects:
Emotions
Sensory perception
Parapsychology
Belief & doubt
Sensemaking theory (Communication)
Experimental psychology
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost