Marius Frenken
Biographic Data
| ID | 4394593 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marius Frenken |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marius |
| FAMILY NAME | Frenken |
| SIGNATURE | FRENKEN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9418-4987 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Commemorating or closing? A mixed methods approach to understanding perpetrator memory in Germany
“Just Because It’s a Conspiracy Theory Doesn’t Mean They’re Not Out to Get You”
Although conspiracy theories exhibit varying degrees of plausibility as explanations for societal events, they are typically considered epistemically problematic. Since normative ascriptions of plausibility are not essential to their definition, we sought to examine whether judgments of (im)plausible conspiracy theories have different psychological underpinnings. In two preregistered studies ( N = 563), the plausibility of fictitious conspiracy t…
Law and order, magical spirits, and false flag operations
In Western democracies, commentators have noted an unprecedented diversity in protest movements opposing ecological and health regulations, including traditional right‐wing authoritarians alongside conspiracy and spiritual believers. Some of these beliefs appear to be incompatible with one another, since authoritarianism is a hallmark of (extreme) right‐wing movements, while spirituality is typically expected to be more prevalent in liberal alter…
On the Relation Between Religiosity and the Endorsement of Conspiracy Theories
Religious and conspiracy beliefs share the feature of assuming powerful forces that determine the fate of the world. Correspondingly, they have been theorized to address similar psychological needs and to be based on similar cognitions, but there exist little authoritative answers about their relationship. We delineate two theory‐driven possibilities. If conspiracy theories and religions serve as surrogates for each other by fulfilling similar ne…
Tearing apart the “evil” twins
Malevolent intentions and secret coordination. Dissecting cognitive processes in conspiracy beliefs via diffusion modeling
Cognitive processes behind the shooter bias
On the Relation Between Religiosity and the Endorsement of Conspiracy Theories
Religious and conspiracy beliefs share the feature of assuming powerful forces that determine the fate of the world. Correspondingly, they have been theorized to address similar psychological needs and to be based on similar cognitions, but there exist little authoritative answers about their relationship. We delineate two theory‐driven possibilities. If conspiracy theories and religions serve as surrogates for each other by fulfilling similar ne…
Malevolent intentions and secret coordination. Dissecting cognitive processes in conspiracy beliefs via diffusion modeling
Law and order, magical spirits, and false flag operations
In Western democracies, commentators have noted an unprecedented diversity in protest movements opposing ecological and health regulations, including traditional right‐wing authoritarians alongside conspiracy and spiritual believers. Some of these beliefs appear to be incompatible with one another, since authoritarianism is a hallmark of (extreme) right‐wing movements, while spirituality is typically expected to be more prevalent in liberal alter…
Cognitive processes behind the shooter bias
Tearing apart the “evil” twins
Malevolent intentions and secret coordination. Dissecting cognitive processes in conspiracy beliefs via diffusion modeling
On the Relation Between Religiosity and the Endorsement of Conspiracy Theories
Religious and conspiracy beliefs share the feature of assuming powerful forces that determine the fate of the world. Correspondingly, they have been theorized to address similar psychological needs and to be based on similar cognitions, but there exist little authoritative answers about their relationship. We delineate two theory‐driven possibilities. If conspiracy theories and religions serve as surrogates for each other by fulfilling similar ne…
“Just Because It’s a Conspiracy Theory Doesn’t Mean They’re Not Out to Get You”
Although conspiracy theories exhibit varying degrees of plausibility as explanations for societal events, they are typically considered epistemically problematic. Since normative ascriptions of plausibility are not essential to their definition, we sought to examine whether judgments of (im)plausible conspiracy theories have different psychological underpinnings. In two preregistered studies ( N = 563), the plausibility of fictitious conspiracy t…
Law and order, magical spirits, and false flag operations
In Western democracies, commentators have noted an unprecedented diversity in protest movements opposing ecological and health regulations, including traditional right‐wing authoritarians alongside conspiracy and spiritual believers. Some of these beliefs appear to be incompatible with one another, since authoritarianism is a hallmark of (extreme) right‐wing movements, while spirituality is typically expected to be more prevalent in liberal alter…
Commemorating or closing? A mixed methods approach to understanding perpetrator memory in Germany
Psychology (6 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works)