title: Political ideology is contextually variable and flexible rather than fixed.
abstract: Hibbing et al. argue that the liberal-conservative continuum is (a) universal and (b) grounded in psychological differences in sensitivity to negative stimuli. Our commentary argues that both claims overlook the importance of context. We review evidence that the liberal-conservative continuum is far from universal and that ideological differences are contextually flexible rather than fixed.
authors: Psychology Department,Drew University,Madison,NJ 07940.smorgan@drew.eduhttps://sites.google.com/site/gscottmorgan3/
authors: G Scott
authors: GS
authors: Morgan
authors: Department of Psychology,University of Illinois at Chicago,Chicago,IL 60607-7137.lskitka@uic.eduhttp://tigger.uic.edu/~lskitka/index.htmldwisne2@uic.eduhttps://sites.google.com/a/uic.edu/daniel-wisneski.
authors: Linda J
authors: LJ
authors: Skitka
authors: Department of Psychology,University of Illinois at Chicago,Chicago,IL 60607-7137.lskitka@uic.eduhttp://tigger.uic.edu/~lskitka/index.htmldwisne2@uic.eduhttps://sites.google.com/a/uic.edu/daniel-wisneski.
authors: Daniel C
authors: DC
authors: Wisneski
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010551:Personality / Q000502:physiology*; D011057:Politics