APS
31st APS Annual Convention
Context Matters: The Role of Context in Understanding the Link Between Threat and Political Attitudes
Prior research suggests that threat sensitivity underlies political conservatism. The talks in this symposium challenge this view showing (1) regardless of political orientation, threatened people prefer more hawkish leaders, (2) certain threats increase liberalism and support for authoritarian action, and (3) the learning context affects when liberals exhibit threat sensitivity.
Chairs & Discussants
- Joy LoseeChair
University of Florida
Presentations
- The Threat—Affordance FrameworkEmily Hanson
- Can Threat Increase Support for Liberalism? New Insights into the Relationship between Threat and Political AttitudesFade Eadeh
- Intergroup Threat and Support for Authoritarian Action: The Case for a Broader Conceptualization of AuthoritarianismJoy Losee
- Of Deadly Beans and Risky Stocks: Political Ideology and Attitude Formation Via Exploration Depends on the Nature of the Attitude StimuliMichael Fiagbenu
