“Ditto Heads”: Do Conservatives Perceive Greater Consensus Within Their Ranks Than Liberals?

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1162-1177

  Stern, Chadly ^a   West, Tessa V ^a   Jost, John T ^a   Rule, Nicholas O ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

group efficacy; perceived consensus; political behavior; political ideology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908502207     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167214537834     Document Type: Article

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