ICPS
2023 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2023
Escape from History: The Perception of Societal Extremism and Its Psychological Effects
- Neil Wegenschimmel
University of Waterloo
Abstract
Societies in the West are frequently assumed to be growing more radical. I will examine if this trend appears to be true across time and ask if viewing them as such is associated with growing extremism and authoritarian tendencies in the general population, and perhaps even driving these traits.
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