The Process and Reasoning: A Psychology of Rumor By Robert H. Knapp.

Understanding rumor summary Behrens and Rosen's Wrting, and one of the most interesting readings of the entire course reading is "Proverbs Psychology" by Robert H. Knapp. His main point is inference behind process understanding and rumors. Proverbs can be classified as a special case of informal social communication, such as myths, legends, current humor. Proverbs have three basic features. The first is mode propagation, usually done in word of mouth.

In 1947, Gordon Allport and Leo Postman published a book called "Proverbs of Psychology". Back then, rumors were a very popular topic in social psychology, but the research of rumors became increasingly difficult. However, in recent years people have become interested in psychology of rumors. The following is a brief summary of the results of this survey. When you have not figured out what happened in the world where rumors began to spread, its causes and causes. Imagine what happens if one of your classmates stops going to school one day if you can imagine going back to secondary school again. As there are many uncertainties, people may develop and disseminate rumors to deal with what is happening. Actually, this was done in the field experiment in 1955. Researchers withdrew students strategically from elementary school classes without explanation.

In 1947, Gordon Allport and Leo Postman published extensive academic papers on the spread of rumors, named "Proverbs Psychology". . It assumes that rumors occur most often during social stress and as a means of alleviating anxiety. Amidst social turmoil, as long as the information is important and valid, people accept and argue the most absurd unconfirmed argument to understand their world and to alleviate embarrassment of the unevenly distributed world .

Many studies show that people often want to feel better about themselves, but people can do this through rumors. There are several reasons for this to happen. One is to spread rumors that you become a person who is familiar with what is happening in the world. Then people may come to you like a special one. If the rumor relates to another group, another way to spread rumors is to increase self-esteem. Other studies have shown that relinquishing other groups can enhance people's self-esteem. Ultimately, many rumors concern a group 's "opposite" group. These are called "rumors of wedges" and help to strengthen the differences between groups. Obviously, these can improve self-esteem by improving their own team.