title: The importance of adult life-span perspective in explaining variations in political ideology.
abstract: As a comment on Hibbing et al.'s paper, we discuss the evolution of political and social views from more liberal to more conservative over the span of adulthood. We show that Hibbing et al.'s theoretical model creates a false prediction from this developmental perspective, as increased conservatism in the adult life-span trajectory is accompanied by the avoidance of negative bias.
authors: Interdisciplinary Center for Applied Cognitive Studies,University of Social Sciences and Humanities,03-815 Warsaw,Poland.gsedek@swps.edu.plkrydzewska1@swps.edu.pl.
authors: Grzegorz
authors: G
authors: Sedek
authors: Institute of Psychology,Jagiellonian University,31-120 Krakow,Poland.malgorzata.kossowska@uj.edu.pl.
authors: Malgorzata
authors: M
authors: Kossowska
authors: Interdisciplinary Center for Applied Cognitive Studies,University of Social Sciences and Humanities,03-815 Warsaw,Poland.gsedek@swps.edu.plkrydzewska1@swps.edu.pl.
authors: Klara
authors: K
authors: Rydzewska
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010551:Personality / Q000502:physiology*; D011057:Politics