Are we all paranoid?
Are we all paranoid?
In 2013 the surveillance scandals in both the US and the UK made headline news. The notion of surveillance is consistent with a key theme in paranoia – believing that other people are spying on us, or out to get us in some way. Research has shown that paranoia is common in the nonclinical population, but why? Perhaps it is evolutionarily adaptive – fearing harmless people is potentially less costly than failing to fear people who are truly hostile and pose a significant threat. Studying paranoia in the general population is important – not just in terms of helping us to understand clinical paranoia, but also in relocating paranoia within the rich human repertoire of daily interpersonal behaviour.
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Ellett, Lyn
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Wildschut, Tim
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May 2014
Ellett, Lyn
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Wildschut, Tim
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Ellett, Lyn and Wildschut, Tim
(2014)
Are we all paranoid?
The Psychologist, 27, .
Abstract
In 2013 the surveillance scandals in both the US and the UK made headline news. The notion of surveillance is consistent with a key theme in paranoia – believing that other people are spying on us, or out to get us in some way. Research has shown that paranoia is common in the nonclinical population, but why? Perhaps it is evolutionarily adaptive – fearing harmless people is potentially less costly than failing to fear people who are truly hostile and pose a significant threat. Studying paranoia in the general population is important – not just in terms of helping us to understand clinical paranoia, but also in relocating paranoia within the rich human repertoire of daily interpersonal behaviour.
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