Consequences of "Friend-Enemy" thinking (Clue: dichotomous "mind short-cuts" are so typical, ...yet suboptimal, ... and often dangerous)
- sciart0
- Feb 22
- 1 min read
Excerpt: "Plain Language Summary
The study aims to examine how this concept affects political attitudes toward international relations and conspiracy beliefs in Japan. The researchers conducted a survey of 735 participants and found that people with stronger friend-enemy divided thinking tend to have stronger conspiracy beliefs and feel threatened by national defense and immigration, supporting negative policies against international relations.
The study suggests that both conspiracy beliefs and negative political attitudes in international relations are associated with the perception of a hostile intergroup conflict that is heightened by friend-enemy divided thinking.
The implications of this study are important for understanding the role of intergroup conflict in shaping political attitudes and conspiracy beliefs."