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1.Describe your conspiracy or legendin detail. Share the fundamentals as well as whatever you find most interesting.What hard evidence exists to support both sides of the event?

• Please submit a list of your sources. These do not need to be academic.

2. What role didsource credibilityplay in the propagation of your conspiracy or legend (Ch 8)? What factors made the source believable? What were the strengths of the message that made it effective?

3. Examine thepsychological processesthat contribute to the emergence and propagation of your chosen theory. Consider the following aspects:

• Social Thinking (Ch 4): In what way does our thinking about others and ourselves influence the likelihood that we believe a conspiracy?
• Cognitive Biases (Ch 3): Investigate cognitive biases such as confirmation bias, availability heuristic, and illusory correlation that influence how people interpret and remember information related to the phenomenon.
• Emotional responses to messages (Ch 8): What role might emotions play in our willingness to believe?

4. Who is theaudiencefor this conspiracy or legend? What about the audience made them more persuadable (Ch 8)?How are people who believe in urban legend, folklore, and conspiracy?

5. Discuss the role ofmedia and communication platformsin shaping and disseminating your chosen phenomenon. Analyze how traditional media, social media, and online communities contribute to spreading and amplifying beliefs and stories.

6. Discuss strategies for addressing and counteringmisinformationabout your chosen phenomenon. Consider the role of education, critical thinking, and media literacy in combating the spread of false beliefs.

7. Summarize your findings andinsightsfrom the assignment. Reflect on how a deeper understanding of social psychological processes can contribute to addressing the challenges posed by conspiracies, urban legends, or folklore in contemporary society.

8. After researching this, which theorydo you believe itand why? Is there amoral lessonto be learned from this conspiracy, urban legend, or folklore?