Why do we study the psychology of libertarians?
We recently submitted a paper for publication about libertarian morality, along with co-authors Spassena Koleva, Jesse Graham, Pete Ditto, and Jonathan Haidt. The paper leverages our broad set of measures to tell a story about libertarians, which converges with previously reported findings about liberals and conservatives. Specifically, all ideological groups demonstrate the same patterns whereby [...]
How to publish a Replication of Disgust & Big Five Personality Trait Correlations
I have recently been following a discussion in my discipline about the peer review process, which led me to this very interesting paper about the history of and alternatives to the peer review process in psychology.
At the same time, I’ve been working with colleagues on a paper about experiential vs. material purchasing styles, for which [...]
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- August 28, 2010
Why do we study the psychology of libertarians? - August 17, 2010
Is belief in the Protestant Work Ethic related to attitudes toward rich and poor? - August 10, 2010
The Present Hedonism Time Perspective of Motley Crue Members, Liberals, and Libertarians - July 23, 2010
On Hyperpartisanship, Hypermoralism, and the Supernormal Stimuli of Modern Politics - July 21, 2010
The Psychology of the JournoList “Scandal”: Mirror Image Stereotypes - July 12, 2010
Intrinsic, not Extrinsic Motivation Leads to Greater Reward – 2 Theories - July 4, 2010
Appreciating American Libertarians – Insight from Ted Conover’s Book, Rolling Nowhere - June 30, 2010
Psychological Causes of Violence in Sports Riots - June 23, 2010
On the Morality of Torture & Utilitarianism - June 15, 2010
What can psychology tell us about moral reasoning that literature and the humanities cannot? - June 3, 2010
Armando Galarraga demonstrates the relationship between happiness and forgiveness - May 11, 2010
Wanted: Motivated Academic Writers to Help Publish Our Data - May 4, 2010
Can open government data inform voters in the 2010 election? - April 30, 2010
Consilience – The jumping together of psychology, technology, statistics, news and ? - April 28, 2010
What is more Immorral? Distracted Driving or Smoking Marijuana? - April 19, 2010
How to publish a Replication of Disgust & Big Five Personality Trait Correlations - April 5, 2010
Sam Harris’ TED video and the danger of liberal atheist moral absolutism - April 1, 2010
Nate Silver and Veronique de Rugy demonstrate how a more modern peer review process could work. - March 23, 2010
The Psychology of Aggression and the Ugliness of the Health Care Reform Debate - March 3, 2010
Does trait anxiety make your more or less likely to support war & aggression? - February 20, 2010
Democrats and Republicans agree that Justice & Fairness are about Equity, not Equality or Impartiality - February 17, 2010
Religion does not cause racism, but group morality may underlie both. - February 12, 2010
A Difference Between Democrats and Republicans – The Effects of Empathy on Political Interest - January 30, 2010
Hypermoralism – Morality causes ordinary people to do immoral things. -
What are the psychological differences that make people liberal democrats, conservative republicans, or libertarians? - January 27, 2010
Separating Pro-Peace from Anti-War Attitudes using Moral Psychology Measures - January 15, 2010
Methland by Nick Reding: Moral Maximizing and the Drug War - January 5, 2010
United States Gross Domestic Product vs. Gross National Happiness - December 18, 2009
What the positive psychology approach can learn from Barbara Ehrenreich’s Bright-Sided - December 13, 2009
Does gratitude promote a sense of fairness and equality?