Situational Factors Influencing Receptivity to Bullshit

Individuals are motivated to maintain a sense of meaning, and enact cognitive processes to do so (e.g., perceiving structure in the environment). This motivation to find meaning may ultimately impact humans’ interpretation of "bullshit", statements intended to convey profundity wit...

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Main Authors: Mitch Brown, Lucas A. Keefer, Shelby J. McGrew
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2019-11-01
Series:Social Psychological Bulletin
Online Access:https://spb.psychopen.eu/article/37393/download/pdf/