Much of the literature on political psychology presents compelling evidence in favor of the notion that people subscribe to either liberal or conservative political ideologies because they think or process information along different psychosocial dimensions. ... It is generally agreed upon in the literature that the core tenets of conservatism are fear of change and anti-egalitarianism. ... In their comprehensive study of past data from representative samples from a wide range of Western countries, Jost et al. observe an empirical correlation between conservatism and a slew of variables both e...

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