-
A blog by four academic psychologists examining the psychology of conspiracy theories ...more info
-
Recent Posts
- How to dissuade parents from believing in anti-vaxxer conspiracy theories
- Introducing the Adolescent Conspiracy Beliefs Questionnaire (ACBQ)
- 5G COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and support for violence
- Coronavirus is a breeding ground for conspiracy theories – here’s why that’s a serious problem
- If others are conspiring, then why should I be well-behaved?
Archives
- February 2022
- February 2021
- June 2020
- February 2020
- December 2019
- July 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- November 2018
- April 2018
- February 2018
- October 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- March 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- August 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- January 2016
- November 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- May 2015
- October 2014
- June 2014
- March 2014
- January 2014
- November 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
Tags
- 9/11
- 9/11 Truth
- alex jones
- aliens
- anomaly hunting
- anti-science
- anti-vax
- apocalypse
- assassination
- beliefs
- big pharma
- bilderberg
- bush
- cialdini
- climate change
- confirmation bias
- confusion
- consequences
- conspiracy theories
- cults
- current events
- daily mail
- david icke
- dissonance
- evidence
- experimental
- exposure
- government
- gun-control
- HAARP
- health
- heuristics and biases
- HIV/AIDS
- hurricane
- influence
- influential
- Intentions
- jenny mccarthy
- JFK
- katrina
- kennedy
- Malaysia Airlines MH370
- measurement
- missing
- mossad
- muse
- news
- newtown shooting
- new world order
- obama
- olympics
- personality
- persuasion
- piers morgan
- podcasts
- politics
- postmodernism
- predictions and prophecy
- proportionality
- psychology
- republican
- research
- sales
- sandy
- sandy hook
- SGU
- social psychology
- trump
- USA
- wariness
Author Archives: Mike Wood
A trip to the Bilderberg Fringe Festival
Last weekend Rob and I went to the Bilderberg Fringe Festival, a sort of combined protest / music festival organised around the annual meeting of the Bilderberg Group. The Bilderbergers have been the subjects of many conspiracy theories, often involving … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Uncategorized, World events
Tagged alex jones, bilderberg, david icke, interviews, new world order, paranormal
2 Comments
Authoritarianism and conspiracy theories – what’s the connection? Is there one?
Although I don’t do it as much as I used to, I still enjoy arguing about conspiracy theories with people on the Internet. As I’m generally pretty skeptical of conspiracy explanations, I usually find myself defending whatever the conventional explanation … Continue reading
Posted in Personality, Social psychology
Tagged 9/11 Truth, anti-semitism, authoritarianism, israel, personality, psychology
22 Comments
Mass shooting conspiracy theories: Newtown, competence, and politics
As the conspiracy theories around the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut continue to grow, Rob’s insightful post from a couple of days ago has generated a lot of interest. We can talk about evidence or lack of evidence as much … Continue reading
Posted in Social psychology, World events
Tagged dissonance, heuristics and biases, politics, psychology
11 Comments
Debating the 2012 apocalypse
I was recently in a debate about what’s going to happen on December 21st, 2012, with a few interesting folks, including Richard Hoagland, who unfortunately dropped the call early on. Have a watch…
When Prophecy Fails in the Digital Age
Hello all! Blog introductions are always awkward, so I’ll just say that my name is Mike Wood and I’m another contributor to this blog. I’m currently a Ph.D. Student at the University of Kent, working with Karen Douglas alongside Dan. … Continue reading
Posted in Social psychology
Tagged cults, dissonance, olympics, predictions and prophecy, psychology
5 Comments
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories 