When and Why Do Liberals and Conservatives Think Alike
An Investigation into Need for Cognitive Closure, the Binding Moral Foundations, and Political Perception
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5338923 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Conrad Baldner (0000-0003-0168-6617, Sapienza University of Rome), Antonio Pierro (0000-0003-3847-2241, Sapienza University of Rome), Marina Chernikova (0000-0003-0851-923X, University of Maryland, College Park), Arie W Kruglanski (0000-0002-4777-9299, University of Maryland, College Park) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 360-368 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1864-9335 • E-ISSN: 2151-2590 |
| Publisher | Hogrefe Publishing Group (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1027/1864-9335/a000354 |
| OpenAlex | W2896884762 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 25 |
Research on moral foundations theory has found that liberals typically favor the individualizing foundations (i.e., concern for the individual) but typically oppose the binding foundations (i.e., concern for the group). We propose that need for cognitive closure (NFC) can explain when liberals will favor the binding foundations. In two studies, we found that liberals in Italy and the United States were more likely to endorse the binding foundations when they had high NFC. Overall, these results suggest that researchers should strive to understand the interaction between individuals' epistemic goals and their political orientations in order to accurately predict how they will perceive political issues
Cognition · Epistemology · Motivated reasoning · Order (exchange) · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Cultural Differences and Values · Law · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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Tracing the threads
To "do the right thing" or to "just do it
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Locomotion concerns with moral usefulness
Motivated Social Cognition
Handling Item-Level Missing Data
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The Origins and Meaning of Liberal/Conservative Self-Identifications
Individual differences in need for cognitive closure
Liberals and conservatives rely on different sets of moral foundations
Political conservatism as motivated social cognition
Tests for comparing elements of a correlation matrix
How Academics View Conservative Protestants
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |