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 …

Throughout my career, I have pursued three theories related to intergroup prejudice—each
with a different mentor. Each theory and its supporting research help us to understand …

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 …

Throughout the world people differ in the magnitude with which they value strong family ties
or heightened religiosity. We propose that this cross-cultural variation is a result of a …

A meta-analysis examined the extent to which socio-structural and psycho-cultural
characteristics of societies correspond with how much gender and ethnic/racial groups differ …

Previous research has related the existence of pathogenic threat to an individual's social
cognition, with people avoiding physical interactions with those who have potential …

Conservative, Republican sympathizers show heightened threat reactivity, but greater felt
happiness than liberal, Democrat sympathizers. Recent evolutionary models interpret these …

George W. Bush remains a highly controversial figure, a man for whom millions of
Americans have very strong feelings. Dan McAdams' book offers an astute psychological …

Furthering the cause of consilience in the social sciences a model is proposed in which
Eriksonian life span theory and life history theory are integrated. The model explains …

Using a sample of 236 young and middle adulthood participants, the convergent validity of
five measures of life-history strategy was examined. The results suggest that the two …