A contentious debate in political psychology has centred on the role of cognitive rigidity in
shaping individuals' political ideologies and worldviews. Early theories in the 1950s posited …

The motivated social cognition and negativity bias perspectives each posit that threat is
especially related to political conservatism, such that threat causes people to adopt …

Individuals are not merely passive vessels of whatever beliefs and opinions they have been
exposed to; rather, they are attracted to belief systems that resonate with their own …

Ideologically committed people are similarly motivated to avoid ideologically crosscutting
information. Although some previous research has found that political conservatives may be …

We argue that because of a long history of intergroup conflict and competition, humans
evolved to be tribal creatures. Tribalism is not inherently bad, but it can lead to ideological …

A provocative, timely analysis that asks: What does science tells us about the bias that
poisons our politics? We don't live in a 'post-truth'society—but a 'myside'society in which no …

On the basis of a meta-analysis of 51 studies, Ditto et al.(this issue, p. 273) conclude that
ideological bias is equivalent on the left and right of US politics. In this commentary, we …

Although past research suggests authoritarianism may be a uniquely right‐wing
phenomenon, the present two studies tested the hypothesis that authoritarianism exists in …

Abstract How did Donald Trump dominate his more experienced competitors in the
primaries? We suspected the answer might lie in his communication style rather than his …

Nationalistic identities often play an influential role in citizens' voting behavior and political
engagement. Nationalistic ideologies tend to have firm categories and rules for what …