Browsing BI Open by Author "Gollwitzer, Anton"
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Deviancy Aversion and Social Norms
Gollwitzer, Anton; Martel, Cameron; Heinecke, Anna; Bargh, John (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)We propose that deviancy aversion—people’s domain-general discomfort toward the distortion of patterns (repeated forms or models)—contributes to the strength and prevalence of social norms in society. Five studies (N = ... -
Discordant knowing: A social cognitive structure underlying fanaticism
Gollwitzer, Anton; Olcaysoy Okten, Irmak; Osorio Pizarro, Angel; Oettingen, Gabriele (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Examining the epistemic and social–cognitive structures underlying fanaticism, radicalization, and extremism should shed light on how these harmful phenomena develop and can be prevented. In nine studies (N = 3,277), we ... -
Intellectual humility as a tool to combat false beliefs: An individual-based approach to belief revision
Gollwitzer, Anton; Bao, Evelina; Oettingen, Gabriele (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)False beliefs pose significant societal threats, including health risks, political polarization and even violence. In two studies (N = 884) we explored the efficacy of an individual-based approach to correcting false ... -
Intellectual humility predicts COVID-19 preventive practices through greater adoption of data-driven information and feelings of responsibility
Ryu, Young-Ju; Olcaysoy Okten, Irmak; Gollwitzer, Anton; Oettingen, Gabriele (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023) -
Misplaced certainty in the context of conspiracy theories
Oettingen, Gabriele; Gollwitzer, Anton; Jung, Jiin; Olcaysoy Okten, Irmak (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)We examine conspiracy beliefs in the context of misplaced certainty—certainty that is unsubstantiated by one's own or others' skepticism. A conspiracy theory held with misplaced certainty may entail, for instance, “knowing” ... -
Parent and community political orientation predicts children's health behaviours
Gollwitzer, Anton; Marshall, Julia; Lee, Young-eun; Deutchman, Paul; Warneken, Felix; McAuliffe, Katherine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Does political partisanship extend to childhood? To what degree are children, a largely non-political population, impacted by parents’ and communities’ political orientations? We examined children's behaviours and attitudes ... -
The role of status in the early emergence of pro-White bias in rural Uganda
Marshall, Julia; Gollwitzer, Anton; Mermin-Bunnell, Kellen; Mandalaywala, Tara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Research investigating the early emergence of racial prejudice has been largely limited to contexts in which racial prejudice is most likely to emerge—multiracial societies that have pronounced racial inequality (e.g., ... -
Susceptibility to online misinformation: A systematic meta-analysis of demographic and psychological factors
Sultan, Mubashir; Tump, Alan N.; Ehmann, Nina; Lorenz-Spreen, Philipp; Hertwig, Ralph; Gollwitzer, Anton; Kurvers, Ralf H J M (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Nearly five billion people use and receive news through social media and there is widespread concern about the negative consequences of misinformation on social media (e.g., election interference, vaccine hesitancy). Despite ...