Beyond the negative: Political attitudes and ideologies strategically manage opportunities, too. Issue 3 (27th June 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: White, Andrew Edward; Neuberg, Steven L.
• Is Part Of: Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 37:Issue 3(2014)
• Page Start: 332
• Page End: 333
• Publication Date: 2014-06-27
• Subjects: Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Brain -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X13002768
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

Abstract: Hibbing et al. use evolutionarily derived logic to suggest that political attitudes are related to responses to negative features of the environment. We suggest that the authors focus too narrowly on the negative and contend, instead, that a more comprehensive evolutionary approach focusing on people's responses to threats and opportunities will better account for variation in political attitudes.