Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Biology-Psychology Building, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Biology-Psychology Building, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Curr Opin Psychol. 2018 Oct;23:72-76. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.01.004. Epub 2018 Jan 17.
We draw on the theory of lay epistemics to understand how universal processes of knowledge formation drive the emergence, and determine the consequences of shared reality in groups. In particular, we highlight the role in these processes of the need for cognitive closure and credible epistemic authorities. Whereas the former construct explains why people seek a shared reality, the latter clarifies who the reality is shared with. In this connection, we review relevant bodies of empirical evidence that bear on the epistemic underpinnings of shared reality phenomena.
我们借鉴了外行认识论理论来理解知识形成的普遍过程如何推动群体中共同现实的出现，并决定其后果。特别是，我们强调了在这些过程中认知封闭和可信的知识权威的作用。前者解释了为什么人们寻求共同的现实，而后者则阐明了与谁分享现实。在这方面，我们回顾了与共同现实现象的认识论基础相关的一些实证证据。
