Beyond threat and uncertainty: the underpinnings of conservatism

Proulx, Travis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3763-3138 and Mark, Brandt 2017. Beyond threat and uncertainty: the underpinnings of conservatism. Social Cognition 35 (4) , pp. 313-323. 10.1521/soco.2017.35.4.313

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Abstract

Social scientists study social categories. In recent years, an account has emerged of one particular social category, an atavistic portrayal of a cohort whose genes were selected for in a primitive stage of human history, whose behaviors are shaped by a heightened sensitivity to negative experiences, and who are characterized by relatively lower intelligence, close-mindedness and diminished capacity to detect cognitive error. This account of the social category in question—conservatives—has proliferated in the social sciences and the popular press, though to arrive at these conclusions, we suggest that researchers have had to gloss over relevant ideological dimensions within conservatism and distinctions within the negativity bias construct. Our aim with this introduction, and the special issue that follows, is to outline a more nuanced relationship between conservatism and negativity, and to examine the consequences of this atavistic portrayal for the social sciences and the general public.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Publisher:	Guilford Press
ISSN:	0278-016X
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	11 September 2017
Date of Acceptance:	22 August 2017
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 13:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/104529

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