Feeling Superior Is a Bipartisan Issue: Extremity (Not Direction) of Political Views Predicts Perceived Belief Superiority

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2454-2462

  Toner, Kaitlin ^a   Leary, Mark R ^a   Asher, Michael W ^a   Jongman Sereno, Katrina P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; individual differences; personal values

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890357591     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613494848     Document Type: Article

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