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Michael WoodPostgraduate Researcher |
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Research Interests
My research interests generally centre around the topic of conspiracy theories. How do conspiracy theories differ psychologically from more conventional explanations for events? Where do they come from, how do they spread, and how do they affect the communities in which they arise? My doctoral research will investigate these questions both in a laboratory setting and through examination of online conspiracy communities, which are fertile grounds for the growth of non-mainstream belief systems and alternative narratives of why the world is the way it is. I am also interested in cults, belief in the paranormal, automatism and the ideomotor effect, and recovered memory.
Thesis Title
Understanding beliefs in conspiracy theories
Supervisor
Funding
School of Psychology, University of Kent
Teaching Commitments
SP300 Psychology Statistics and Practical (marking)
SP500 Psychology Statistics and Practical
SP604 Biological Psychology
SP620 The Social Psychology of the Individual
Year 2 int 6 and 7
School of Psychology
Keynes College
University of Kent
Canterbury, Kent
CT2 7NP
United Kingdom
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Michael Wood
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