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The importance of adult life-span perspective in explaining variations in political ideology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2014

Grzegorz Sedek ,
Malgorzata Kossowska  and
Klara Rydzewska
Grzegorz Sedek
Affiliation:
Interdisciplinary Center for Applied Cognitive Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, 03-815 Warsaw, Poland. [email protected]@swps.edu.pl
Malgorzata Kossowska
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, 31-120 Krakow, Poland. [email protected]
Klara Rydzewska
Affiliation:
Interdisciplinary Center for Applied Cognitive Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, 03-815 Warsaw, Poland. [email protected]@swps.edu.pl
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Abstract

As a comment on Hibbing et al.'s paper, we discuss the evolution of political and social views from more liberal to more conservative over the span of adulthood. We show that Hibbing et al.'s theoretical model creates a false prediction from this developmental perspective, as increased conservatism in the adult life-span trajectory is accompanied by the avoidance of negative bias.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , June 2014 , pp. 329 - 330
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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