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Political Conservatism, Rigidity, and Dogmatism in American Foreign Policy Officials: The 1966 Mennis Data
(2007)Researchers have established a relationship between political orientation and cognitive styles (A. Chirumbolo, 2002; J. T. Jost, J. Glaser, A. W. Kruglanski, & F. Sulloway, 2003a, 2003b; M. Kemmelmeier, 1997). In this ... -
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Is There a Relationship Between Political Orientation and Cognitive Ability? A Test of Three Hypotheses in Two Studies
(2008)Two studies tested one linear and two curvilinear hypotheses concerning the relationship between political conservatism-liberalism and cognitive ability. Study 1, focusing on students at a selective US university (n = ... -
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Is Diagnostic Evidence on the Dilution Effect Weakened When Nondiagnostic Objections Are Added? A Response to Igou (2007)
(2007)Kemmelmeier (2007) challenges the notion of conversational basis of the dilution effect by providing a reanalysis of Igou and Bless (2005), new data, and a metaanalysis. Responding to this evidence, Igou (2007) raises a ... -
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The Influence of Accounts and Remorse on Mock Jurors' Judgments of Offenders
(2008)Defendants often provide accounts that minimize their responsibility for the accused offense. Jurors attribute responsibility to defendants and decide legal outcomes based on the given account. The current research examined ... -
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Gender Differences in Worry During Medical School
(2013)This research examined worry in medical students at various stages of training with reference to worries related to academic and clinical training, finances and relationships with peers. The study focused on gender differences ... -
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Authoritarianism and American Students' Attitudes about the Gulf War, 1990-1996
(1997)Studies show a consistent set of relationships between right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and aggressive support for U.S. policy during the Persian Gulf crisis and Gulf War. Before the war, high-RWA scorers endorsed more ... -
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Gendered Influence of Downward Social Comparisons on Current and Possible Selves
(2001)Because men and women differ with regard to independent and interdependent self‐construals, we propose that downward comparisons are more likely to lower women's achievement‐related self‐evaluations compared to men's. We ... -
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Sowing Patriotism, but Reaping Nationalism? Consequences of Exposure to the American Flag
(2008)The American flag is a frequently displayed national symbol in the United States. Given its high visibility and importance, the present research examines the consequences of exposure to the flag on Americans' sense of ... -
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Individualism and Attitudes Toward Affirmative Action: Evidence From Priming Experiments
(2003)Theorists have argued that Americans' ambivalence toward affirmative action policies is fueled by a notion of justice that champions the rights of individuals. This conception of justice is not compatible with the idea of ... -
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Quoting Practices, Path Dependency and the Birth of Modern Journalism
(2011)Using Hallin's (1994) analysis of soundbites in network television news coverage as a model, we track the quoting practices of five American newspapers during the transition to modern news (1876–1916). We find that despite ... -
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Authoritarianism and Its Relationship with Intuitive-Experiential Cognitive Style and Heuristic Processing
(2010)Two studies examined the relationship between authoritarianism, cognitive style and heuristic processing. Focusing on Epstein’s (2003) cognitive-experiential self-theory, Study 1 shows that authoritarianism is related to ... -
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A Pilot Study of Psychotherapist Trainees' Alpha-Amylase and Cortisol Levels During Treatment of Recently Suicidal Clients With Borderline Traits
(2010)Psychotherapists often experience stress while providing psychotherapy, in particular when working with difficult presentations such as suicidality. As part of a larger study on the treatment of recently suicidal college ... -
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Gender Differences in the Endowment Effect: Women Pay Less, but Won't Accept Less
(2014)We explore different contexts and mechanisms that might promote or alleviate the gender effect in risk aversion. Our main result is that we do not find gender differences in risk aversion when the choice is framed as a ... -
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Putting Threat into Perspective: Experimental Studies on Perceptual Distortion in International Conflict
(2000)Conflicts are often accompanied by mutually distorted perceptions such that threat exerted by the adversary is exaggerated, whereas threat by one’s own side is minimized. The authors investigated the effects of perspective-taking ... -
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What's in a Grade? Academic Success and Political Orientation
(2005)Expanding the literature on person-environment fit, the authors argue that political orientation is an important factor in shaping academic success in college. Based on social dominance theory, it was expected that academic ... -
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Child Sexual Abuse, Peer Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Assault in Adulthood: A Multi-Risk Model of Revictimization
(2001)This study explored the predictors and consequences of sexual assault occurring after the age of 16 years in a nonclinical sample of women. Child sexual abuse occurring before the age of 16 years was the only predictor of ... -
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Opposite Ends of the Same Stick? Multi-Method Test of the Dimensionality of Individualism and Collectivism
(2014)The construct of individualism–collectivism (IND-COL) has become the definitive standard in cross-cultural psychology, management, and related fields. It is also among the most controversial, in particular, with regard to ... -
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Individualism, Collectivism, and Authoritarianism in Seven Societies
(2003)Building on Hofstede's finding that individualism and social hierarchy are incompatible at the societal level, the authors examined the relationship between individualism-collectivism and orientations toward authority at ... -
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Inter-Group Aggression in New Orleans in the Immediate Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
(2008)In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the city of New Orleans witnessed an emerging conflict between the residents who survived the storm and the rescuers charged with assisting them. This particular type of inter‐group ... -
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Does the Dilution Effect Have a Conversational Basis?
(2007)The dilution effect refers to the finding that judgments are often unduly influenced by nondiagnostic information, producing regressive judgment. The hypothesis of a conversational basis of the dilution effect, advanced ...