title: Will the real fundamental difference underlying ideology please stand up?
abstract: Negativity bias explains many ideological differences, yet does not explain research such as conservatives' greater life satisfaction. Conservatives live in safer communities, perhaps to escape negative emotions, yet display numerous other community preferences unrelated to negativity. This tendency toward cognitive consistency can explain both these phenomena and many of the phenomena described in the target article.
authors: Department of Psychology,University of Virginia,Charlottesville,VA 22904.motyl@virginia.eduhttp://people.virginia.edu/~msm6sw/
authors: Matt
authors: M
authors: Motyl
authors: Department of Psychology,University of Southern California,Los Angeles,CA 90089.raviiyer@usc.eduwww.polipsych.com.
authors: Ravi
authors: R
authors: Iyer
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010551:Personality / Q000502:physiology*; D011057:Politics