PoliticalPsychology
A recent study published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin has found a significant link between economic inequality and voter behavior. The research, involving six experiments with over 1,900 participants from China and the United Kingdom, found that higher levels of economic inequality tend to reduce voters’ preferences for competent political leaders. The motivation behind the study stems from a growing concern about how economic inequality might be reshaping the political landscape in democratic societies. Recent elections around the globe have highlighted a shift in voter b...
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A recent study explored how liberals and conservatives in the United States evaluate a person’s professional attributes, personal character, and job suitability based on that person’s Facebook posts. The results indicated that both groups tended to evaluate ideologically opposite individuals more negatively. However, this bias was three times stronger among liberals compared to conservatives. The research was published in the Journal of Social Psychology. In the United States, political conservatives and liberals represent two major ideological perspectives with differing views on government, ...
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In a recent study spanning 28 diverse nations, researchers have uncovered a modest but notable correlation: individuals with conservative views tend to display lower levels of creativity. Published in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, this large-scale investigation also highlights that individual differences greatly overshadow country-level differences in predicting creative capabilities. Previous studies have predominantly focused on the traits and cognitive styles that boost creativity, such as openness to experience, flexibility, and novelty-seeking. In contrast, conservative thinki...
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A new study in the European Journal of Social Psychology explores how the competitive victimhood perceptions of parents — beliefs that their group has suffered more than others — impact their children’s willingness to engage with kids from rival groups. The findings provide new insights into the challenges of overcoming historical grievances and the role of intergenerational transmission of biases in sustaining conflict. Even decades after the cessation of active conflict, societies often remain divided, with historical grievances deeply embedded in the collective memory of communities. These ...
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Researchers from Loyola University Chicago and The University of Tennessee Knoxville have found that stress and discrimination levels among immigrants in the United States varied significantly across the two most recent federal administrations. Under President Donald Trump, non-White immigrants experienced considerably higher levels of stress and discrimination compared to their White counterparts, a disparity that was not evident during President Joe Biden’s term. The findings have been published in the Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work. The U.S. is a melting pot of cultures, with immigra...
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In recent research published in Frontiers in Social Psychology, scientists have presented findings that challenge long-standing beliefs about how adverse experiences shape our worldviews and ideological stances. The study reveals that while adverse experiences are strongly linked to clinical symptoms like depression, anxiety, and stress, they have only a marginal connection with personal ideologies and worldviews. Adverse experiences encompass a range of negative events that can significantly impact an individual’s emotional, psychological, or physical well-being, such as abuse, neglect, expos...
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A few years ago, the leader of Mexico’s PRI party told the New York Times that he, “would stick to tried and trusted campaign tools, like polls and political intuition”, and rely on “the old-fashioned way” to win the country’s election. His party had been caught using neuroscience to gauge voters’ opinions about their candidate for the presidency and the party was embarrassed. Subsequently, we know from other sources the party carried on using neuroscience techniques. Someone even described their approach as “the new way to win elections”. The approach is called neuropolitics and uses brain sc...
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The phenomenon of “cancel culture” has become a prominent feature of online discourse, where individuals or brands are publicly called out and boycotted for perceived transgressions. A recent study published in the journal Acta Psychologica explored the psychological underpinnings of why some people are more inclined to engage in canceling behaviors than others. The study reveals that how central political identity is to an individual’s self-concept — referred to as “political identity centrality” — increases the likelihood of participating in cancel culture. Cancelling refers to the phenomeno...
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A recent study published in the journal Political Psychology has uncovered significant differences in how individuals with varying political ideologies perceive history across several countries. The research, conducted in six countries, found that individuals who lean toward the right are more likely to view the past positively, often driven by nostalgia for tradition. Previous studies have extensively explored how political ideologies influence perceptions of social issues, decision-making processes, and even cognitive styles. Political beliefs have been shown to correlate with various psycho...
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Recent research conducted in the United States indicates a concerning association between firearm ownership and the support for, or willingness to engage in, political violence. Specifically, the study suggests that those who recently purchased firearms, frequently carry them in public, or own assault-type rifles are more inclined to support or participate in political violence compared to other firearm owners and non-owners. The findings were published in JAMA Network Open. The study was prompted by significant increases in both firearm violence and firearm purchasing in the U.S., particularl...
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