Extending the Behavioral Immune System to Political Psychology: Are Political Conservatism and Disgust Sensitivity Really Related?
Previous research suggests that several individual and cultural level attitudes, cognitions, and societal structures may have evolved to mitigate the pathogen threats posed by intergroup interactions. It has been suggested that these anti-pathogen defenses are at the root of conservative political i...
Main Authors: | Joshua M. Tybur, Leslie A. Merriman, Ann E. Caldwell Hooper, Melissa M. McDonald, Carlos David Navarrete |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2010-10-01
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Series: | Evolutionary Psychology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/147470491000800406 |
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