The Thinking Cap

psychology

Conspiracy, Covid-19, Religion, and Groupthink

History repeats itself. Learn how religiosity and spirituality can make groups more susceptible to conspiracy beliefs and less adherent to scientific recommendation.

Leslie Poston May 30, 2022

psychology

Weaponizing Psychology Against Minorities: A Brief Review of Historically Harmful Choices in Psychological Practice and Research

Weaponizing psychology against minorities has been (and remains) a troubling trend. Psychology, and especially early psychology, has historically viewed the working of the mind and the study of behavior and emotion through the lens of colonization, weaponized homogeneity, control, and whiteness

Leslie Poston May 30, 2022