In both studies, conservatives, compared to liberals, evaluated the views of the scientist and the person rejecting the science as closer in legitimacy. Differences in evaluation of the science rejecter were me
SIRGO McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana Fifty adults who had made monetary contributions to political campaigns were interviewed to determine differences between liberals and conservatives in terms of personality, child-rearing attitudes, and birth order/sex variables. Study 1 found ...
Learn about liberalism and conservatism. Understand what conservatives believe, learn the difference between liberal and conservative, and see...
In an op-ed piece titled “Why gun control won’t end mass murder,” the author Tammy Bruce, a Tea Party conservative, argues that liberals are missing the big picture by focusing on gun control. Tammy contends that unpredictable behavior driven by our human condition is to blame for the...
Yet, moral preferences, moral cognitive judgments and individual differences in disgust sensitivity appear to be intimately associated in complicated ways. Higher disgust sensitivity specifically predicts more conservative attitudes towards abortion and gay mar- riage10, while individuals with higher disgust ...
The three (center‑)left parties were substantially more popular among women whereas the others were gender-balanced (Christian democrats) or substantially more popular with male voters (liberals and right-wing populists). The two most popular parties among young voters, the Greens and liberals, ...
According to Feld, “it is important to remember that the formation of social networks and the relations to foci are interdependent. Once there is a tie between two individuals, these individuals will tend to find and develop new foci around which to organize their joint activity” (Feld, ...
Moreover, age was among other variables found to be positively associated with interest in keeping up with recent news and news exposure via TV (Chyi and Lee, 2013; Wonneberger et al., 2012). Given these findings as well as findings on associations between age and usage of social networking...
Evaluate one example of how liberals use a label to describe a conservative policy position. What are the benefits and shortcomings of this label? Explain the importance of differentiating between the business cycle and structural stagnation for making policy decis...
Findings reveal partisan preferences both within and across scientific disciplines. Across fields, customers for liberal or ‘blue’ political books prefer basic science (for example, physics, astronomy and zoology), whereas conservative or ‘red’ customers prefer applied and commercial science (for ...