Political Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 339-375

  Jost, John T ^a   Glaser, Jack ^b   Kruglanski, Arie W ^c   Sulloway, Frank J ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; REVIEW;

COGNITION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; POLITICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0038507607     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.129.3.339     Document Type: Review

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