A contentious debate in political psychology has centred on the role of cognitive rigidity in
sha** individuals' political ideologies and worldviews. Early theories in the 1950s posited …

The present review identifies a variety of tactics that are often employed by ideologies to
promote and/or justify political violence. The review builds on a social psychological …

People differ in their general tendency to endorse conspiracy theories (that is, conspiracy
mentality). Previous research yielded inconsistent findings on the relationship between …

Previous studies have down that erroneous Conspiracy Theory (CT) beliefs develop more
strongly in people who have underlying conspiratorial reasoning styles and …

With the recent upsurge of populism in developed and transition democracies, researchers
have started measuring it as an attitude. Several scales have been proposed for this …

Who believes in conspiracy theories, and why are some people more susceptible to them
than others? What are the consequences of such beliefs? Has a conspiracy theory ever …

In this article, we examine psychological features of extreme political ideologies. In what
ways are political left-and right-wing extremists similar to one another and different from …

Widening polarization about political, religious, and scientific issues threatens open
societies, leading to entrenchment of beliefs, reduced mutual understanding, and a …

In Why People Radicalize, Kees van den Bos argues that if we want to truly understand
radicalization and prevent, attenuate, and fight violent extremism and terrorism, we must pay …

We test three competing theoretical accounts invoked to explain the rise and spread of
political (mis) information. We compare the ideological values hypothesis (people prefer …