Highlights•The traditional perspective on the ideology-prejudice relationship suggests that
conservatism and associated traits (eg low cognitive ability, low openness) are associated …

Moral differences contribute to social and political conflicts. Against this backdrop, colleges
and universities have been criticized for promoting liberal moral attitudes. However, direct …

One of the most pressing tasks facing policymakers in the 21st century is reducing stark
group‐based inequalities that have developed within many societies because of centuries of …

Beliefs can be highly resilient in the sense that they are not easily abandoned in the face of
counterevidence. This has the advantage of guiding consistent behavior and judgments but …

According to moral foundations theory, there are five distinct sources of moral intuition on
which political liberals and conservatives differ. The present research program seeks to …

Recent studies have documented a shift from moderate political attitudes to more extreme
attitudes at the ends of the political spectrum. This can be seen in Political Correctness (PC) …

In social psychology these days it is commonplace to read or hear that liberal‐leftists and
conservative‐rightists are every bit as “moral”; prejudiced and intolerant; susceptible to …

In line with the seminal ideas on the “prejudice-prone personality” provided by Allport (1954)
in the book The Nature of Prejudice, various studies have highlighted the association …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States public polarized along political lines in
their willingness to adopt various health-protective measures. To bridge these political …

We tested, in three studies, whether the generalization of contact effects from primary to
secondary outgroups—the secondary transfer effect (STE)—occurs for collective action. The …