The rigidity-of-the-right hypothesis (RRH), which posits that cognitive, motivational, and
ideological rigidity resonate with political conservatism, is an influential but controversial …

A large body of research in political science claims that the way in which democratic citizens
think about politics is motivationally biased by partisanship. Numerous critics argue that the …

Conspiracy mentality (CM), the general propensity to believe in conspiracy theories, has
been linked to political behaviors, prejudice, and non‐compliance with public health …

The present investigation examined curvilinear relations between political ideology, on the
one hand, and absolute certainty and dogmatism, on the other, across six online samples …

Psychological research repeatedly identifies two dimensions of political values. Recent work
argues that these dimensions reflect the dual evolutionary foundations of human social and …

The article,“Cultural Animal Theory of Political Partisan Conflict and Hostility”(Baumeister &
Bushman, this issue) applies an evolutionary perspective to understanding the universal …

Successful public justification of coercive policy in liberal societies relies on a solution to
what I call the aggregation problem. Without a method of weighing and balancing shared …

The Rise of the LGBT Population? There has been a dramatic rise in the LGBT share of the
US population since 2012, and especially since 2017.[...] While the figures in the FIRE and …

Why do some Americans hold broadly liberal worldviews and why do others hold broadly
conservative worldviews? Some of the most influential perspectives in social and political …

The Alliance Theory of Political Belief Systems offers a powerful and parsimonious
explanation of the hypocrisy, inconsistency, and motivated reasoning that shape political …