, chapter 2 : Psychology & conspiracy thinking
key concepts
Definition : •
pattern icity
•
Conspiracy Cain Muir ) : the idea that there .
apophenia
are secret shadowy groups that are
manipulating 2
controlling .
type 1 error
events for malicious purposes .
.
type 2 error
Tuskegee syphilis experiment MK ULTRA social
^
heider simmel illusion
→ ex :
-
, ,
dataveillance narrativity
media experimentation
.
2 .
search!@
Characteristics : by Van Prooijen 2 van
Vugt .
•
Always involve patterns
•
Always have a deliberate agency behind
•
Always involve a
group of ppl .
* i
- -
Always threat : r n
•
a - - -
"
€ • •
f-
Always secret +
°
.
/ sea .
\
Conspi racism the belief that all parts of the society are a result of conspiratorial manipulation
•
: .
ex :
Reptilians ,
free Masons ,
Illuminati ( meta -
conspiracy )
→
crucial to test truth or false
" "
•
The Paranoid Spokesman by Hofstadter i
" "
→
super -
spreaders
-
promote Manichean ( existence is between forces of absolute good + evil )
2 Millennialist worldview ( evils are out completely )
•
Pattern i city I Apophenia :
-
we are constantly surrounded by into 2 need to decide if there is a pattern in the
into or it 's just random background noise
•
Errors :
type 1 error : think that there is pattern , just noise
→
false positive conclusion . → rather mistaking this
type 2 error : we think they're just noise , actually pattern .
→
false negative conclusion .
, •
Heider -
Simmel illusion : refers to our ability to create a coherent story out
of
randomness ( ex anthropomorphize
: animals or
supernature events i storms →
god is mad)
↳ .
Offshoot of type 1 error .
→ wanna see intention 2
agency behind .
-
-
CHAPTER 3 : Social dimension of thoughts
As human ,
we are impacted by other people easily ( ideas , opinions feelings )
, . ..
→ which
affected our
understanding to world 2
reality .
→ examine in what ways others shape our reality ,
( → associated to the formation of wnsp ) .
The
Evolutionary Argument
•
:
-
We need others to support 2 maintaince our life ( hunting ,
child rearing ,
clothes making , building , .. )
Social form of communication that is
signaling a action performer 's
°
:
, , awareness
carried out in the presence of another person I wonder abt the safety of our env .
ex :
My friend sense the danger and signal me to be silent 2 watch out .
°
Social conformity : the process where people change their beliefs ,
perceptions attitudes more matched with the
groups
→
, .
Solomon Asch experiment proves that 's idea is by fit in
easily influenced crowds
→ →
one .
•
Mass Panic : occur when a group of people are spooked by a real or imagined danger
" "
danger from sharks
everyone panicked Lex outside
→
.
: comes , ,
CNE 2016 ( Youth Day ) Was forced to shut down early for safety cancers (from mass panics Ofc )
•
Mass → Moral Panic : what we all are afraid of .
" " " "
-
mass panic : the world i moral panic is each other .
social
moral panic : concern that there are sub groups undermining society
- -
.
↳ condition individual or a minor is defined as threat to social
a
, group
"
British juvenile
"
scare
ex : The
Teddy Boys scapegoats :
delinquency groups that had
-
violent behaviours wears Edwardian clothing styles .
ex : Mods and Rockers are also British subcultures in 1950 -
1960 that appeared to hate
each other , both were perceived as violent troublemakers .( Modernist -
jazz i Rockers >
key concepts
Definition : •
pattern icity
•
Conspiracy Cain Muir ) : the idea that there .
apophenia
are secret shadowy groups that are
manipulating 2
controlling .
type 1 error
events for malicious purposes .
.
type 2 error
Tuskegee syphilis experiment MK ULTRA social
^
heider simmel illusion
→ ex :
-
, ,
dataveillance narrativity
media experimentation
.
2 .
search!@
Characteristics : by Van Prooijen 2 van
Vugt .
•
Always involve patterns
•
Always have a deliberate agency behind
•
Always involve a
group of ppl .
* i
- -
Always threat : r n
•
a - - -
"
€ • •
f-
Always secret +
°
.
/ sea .
\
Conspi racism the belief that all parts of the society are a result of conspiratorial manipulation
•
: .
ex :
Reptilians ,
free Masons ,
Illuminati ( meta -
conspiracy )
→
crucial to test truth or false
" "
•
The Paranoid Spokesman by Hofstadter i
" "
→
super -
spreaders
-
promote Manichean ( existence is between forces of absolute good + evil )
2 Millennialist worldview ( evils are out completely )
•
Pattern i city I Apophenia :
-
we are constantly surrounded by into 2 need to decide if there is a pattern in the
into or it 's just random background noise
•
Errors :
type 1 error : think that there is pattern , just noise
→
false positive conclusion . → rather mistaking this
type 2 error : we think they're just noise , actually pattern .
→
false negative conclusion .
, •
Heider -
Simmel illusion : refers to our ability to create a coherent story out
of
randomness ( ex anthropomorphize
: animals or
supernature events i storms →
god is mad)
↳ .
Offshoot of type 1 error .
→ wanna see intention 2
agency behind .
-
-
CHAPTER 3 : Social dimension of thoughts
As human ,
we are impacted by other people easily ( ideas , opinions feelings )
, . ..
→ which
affected our
understanding to world 2
reality .
→ examine in what ways others shape our reality ,
( → associated to the formation of wnsp ) .
The
Evolutionary Argument
•
:
-
We need others to support 2 maintaince our life ( hunting ,
child rearing ,
clothes making , building , .. )
Social form of communication that is
signaling a action performer 's
°
:
, , awareness
carried out in the presence of another person I wonder abt the safety of our env .
ex :
My friend sense the danger and signal me to be silent 2 watch out .
°
Social conformity : the process where people change their beliefs ,
perceptions attitudes more matched with the
groups
→
, .
Solomon Asch experiment proves that 's idea is by fit in
easily influenced crowds
→ →
one .
•
Mass Panic : occur when a group of people are spooked by a real or imagined danger
" "
danger from sharks
everyone panicked Lex outside
→
.
: comes , ,
CNE 2016 ( Youth Day ) Was forced to shut down early for safety cancers (from mass panics Ofc )
•
Mass → Moral Panic : what we all are afraid of .
" " " "
-
mass panic : the world i moral panic is each other .
social
moral panic : concern that there are sub groups undermining society
- -
.
↳ condition individual or a minor is defined as threat to social
a
, group
"
British juvenile
"
scare
ex : The
Teddy Boys scapegoats :
delinquency groups that had
-
violent behaviours wears Edwardian clothing styles .
ex : Mods and Rockers are also British subcultures in 1950 -
1960 that appeared to hate
each other , both were perceived as violent troublemakers .( Modernist -
jazz i Rockers >
