The Psychology of Conspiracy - 9781138815209

Taylor & Francis

1. Preface Michal Bilewicz, Aleksandra Cichocka and Wiktor Soral Part 1 Conspiracy Theories in Group Perception 2. Conspiracy Stereotypes: Their socio-psychological antecedents and consequences Michal Bilewicz and Grzegorz Sedek 3. Conspiracy Theories on the Map of Stereotype Content: Survey and Historical Evidence Mikolaj Winiewski, Wiktor Soral, and Michal Bilewicz 4. Grandiose Delusions: Collective Narcissism, Secure In-group Identification and Belief in Conspiracies Aleksandra Cichocka, Agnieszka Golec de Zavala, Marta Marchlewska, Mateusz Olechowski 5. Conspiracy Theory as Collective Motivated Cognition P\u00E9ter Krek\u00F3 Part 2 Conspiracy Theories and Ideology 6. Mutual Suspicion at the Political Extremes: How Ideology Predicts Belief in Conspiracy Theories Jan-Willem van Prooijen and Andr\u00E9 Krouwel 7. Are the High Authoritarians More Prone to Adopt Conspiracy Theories? The Role of Right-wing Authoritarianism in Conspiratorial Thinking Monika Grzesiak-Feldman 8. Beyond (d