Using Power as a Negative Cue: How Conspiracy Mentality Affects Epistemic Trust in Sources of Historical Knowledge

被引：79

作者：

Imhoff, Roland ^{[1
]}

Lamberty, Pia ^{[1
]}

Klein, Olivier ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Mainz, Germany

[2] Univ Libre Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

来源：

PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN | 2018年 / 44卷 / 09期

关键词：

epistemic trust; conspiracy mentality; history; ingroup bias; credibility; SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS; BELIEF; ATTRIBUTIONS; IDENTIFICATION; PERCEPTION; UNIQUENESS; CONFLICT; SCALE; WORLD; DEAD;

D O I：

10.1177/0146167218768779

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Classical theories of attitude change point to the positive effect of source expertise on perceived source credibility persuasion, but there is an ongoing societal debate on the increase in anti-elitist sentiments and conspiracy theories regarding the allegedly untrustworthy power elite. In one correlational (N = 275) and three experimental studies (N = 195, N = 464, N = 225), we tested the novel idea that people who endorse a conspiratorial mind-set (conspiracy mentality) indeed exhibit markedly different reactions to cues of epistemic authoritativeness than those who do not: Whereas the perceived credibility of powerful sources decreased with the recipients' conspiracy mentality, that of powerless sources increased independent of and incremental to other biases, such as the need to see the ingroup in particularly positive light. The discussion raises the question whether a certain extent of source-based bias is necessary for the social fabric of a highly complex society.

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页码：1364 / 1379

页数：16