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| Karen M DouglasSummaryAffiliation: University of Kent Country: UK Publications
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The hidden impact of conspiracy theories: perceived and actual influence of theories surrounding the death of Princess DianaKaren M Douglas
Department of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK
J Soc Psychol 148:210-21. 2008..Results revealed that whereas participants in the second group accurately estimated others' attitude changes, they underestimated the extent to which their own attitudes were influenced...
Constructive or cruel? Positive or patronizing? Reactions to expressions of positive and negative stereotypes of the mentally illKaren M Douglas
School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Br J Psychol 102:97-107. 2011..These reactions were mediated by the perceived constructiveness of the speaker's motives. Implications for the effectiveness of anti-discrimination campaigns are discussed...
Does it take one to know one? Endorsement of conspiracy theories is influenced by personal willingness to conspireKaren M Douglas
School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NP, United Kingdom
Br J Soc Psychol 50:544-52. 2011..These results suggest that some people think 'they conspired' because they think 'I would conspire'...
Justice for whom, exactly? Beliefs in justice for the self and various othersRobbie M Sutton
Department of Psychology, Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury, England, UK
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 34:528-41. 2008..Women did not exempt themselves individually from injustice but believed, similar to men, that undergraduate women receive as much justice as men (Study 3)...
Reactions to internal and external criticism of outgroups: social convention in the intergroup sensitivity effectRobbie M Sutton
Keele University, UK
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 32:563-75. 2006..Study 3 provides direct evidence that internal criticism is more conventionally acceptable than is external criticism...
Right about others, wrong about ourselves? Actual and perceived self-other differences in resistance to persuasionKaren M Douglas
Department of Psychology, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK
Br J Soc Psychol 43:585-603. 2004..Rather than overestimating others' attitude change, we found evidence that people underestimated the extent to which their own attitudes had, or would have, changed...
Effects of communication goals and expectancies on language abstractionKaren M Douglas
Department of Psychology, Keele University, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
J Pers Soc Psychol 84:682-96. 2003..Language abstraction is therefore both a medium for the transmission of existing beliefs and a tool by which communicators can create new beliefs...
