Ideology has re-emerged as an important topic of inquiry among social, personality, and
political psychologists. In this review, we examine recent theory and research concerning …

Personality has consequences. Measures of personality have contemporaneous and
predictive relations to a variety of important outcomes. Using the Big Five factors as …

The widespread prevalence and persistence of misinformation in contemporary societies,
such as the false belief that there is a link between childhood vaccinations and autism, is a …

An extensive literature addresses citizen ignorance, but very little research focuses on
misperceptions. Can these false or unsubstantiated beliefs about politics be corrected …

Individuals are not merely passive vessels of whatever beliefs and opinions they have been
exposed to; rather, they are attracted to belief systems that resonate with their own …

The" end of ideology" was declared by social scientists in the aftermath of World War II. They
argued that (a) ordinary citizens' political attitudes lack the kind of stability, consistency, and …

Historical records suggest that the political extremes—at both the “left” and the “right”—
substantially endorsed conspiracy beliefs about other-minded groups. The present …

We trace the rise, fall, and resurgence of political ideology as a topic of research in social,
personality, and political psychology. For over 200 years, political belief systems have been …

We predict that people with different political orientations will exhibit systematically different
levels of political homophily, the tendency to associate with others similar to oneself in …

Ideology is a potent motivational force; human beings are capable of committing atrocities
(as well as acts of generosity and courage) and sacrificing even their own lives for the sake …