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We present a novel, integrative model explaining how and why violations of group-based expectations elicit these reactions. We argue that group members experience violations of expectations as threats to their social selves, which motivates them to react at all.

The results of the pre-registered quasi-experiment with blue-collar workers (N = 106) supported our hypothesis: Enactive mastery experience, in which workers actively engaged with the technology, led to a higher technology enthusiasm as compared to vicarious experience. 3/n.

The purpose of this research is to improve attitudes toward digital technology. To this end, we compared two ways of introducing technology - enactive mastery vs. vicarious experience via video - in their effect on attitudes towards new robotic technology. 2/n.

We summarize the literature on the psychological factors that shape conspiracy beliefs. We begin at the individual level, examining the cognitive, clinical, motivational, personality, and developmental factors predisposing people to believe conspiracy.theories. 2/n.

Marius Frenken & @rolandimhoff studied how conspiracy beliefs guide the interpretation of events using drift-diffusion modeling. A higher propensity to perceive conspiracies was associated to motivated processing, presupposition, and prior attitudes. 6/n

@Psych_Green et al. show that the expression of conspiracy theories changes observers' impressions. People understand these consequences. Politicians spreading conspiracy theories may lose support or seem like “outsiders” capable of changing the system-5/n

@benjaminjdow Cynthia S. Wang & Jennifer A.Whitson studied how spreading conspirational ideation reflects on leaders. They found that recipients with a reduced sense of control supported leaders using conspiracy rhetoric more. 4/n.

Zhiying Ren, Eugen Dimant & @ME_Schweitzer predict that people knowingly share conspiracy theories to advance social motives (e.g., getting more likes). Using an interactive, multi-round paradigm, they provide evidence for this prediction. 3/n

In our editorial (available OA), we recommend that future research should (1) consider different forms of conspiracy beliefs, (2) rely on experiments, (3) care about external validity and study (4) cognitive processes, and (5) interventions more. 2/n

Next, Emily Herter is talking about joint work with Angelica Lermann Henestrosa and Joachim Kimmerle on the Perception of AI generated science journalism

Next in line @MarisaTPP reporting a study applying AP Fiske's Relational Models Theory to Conversational AI

Going beyond main effects: Considering contextual moderators - Kyoo Hwa Kim and @aguinote have studied the impact of a gain versus loss framing on cheating behavior of people high and low in power. 2/ 5 .

People can construe (i.e., appraise) high power differently—as an opportunity to freely “make things happen” and/or as a responsibility to “take care of things.” How one’s own power is construed, in turn, moderates the effects of power. 2/4.