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| Title |
The Moral Stereotypes of Liberals and Conservatives: Exaggeration of Differences across the Political Spectrum
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, December 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0050092 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jesse Graham, Brian A. Nosek, Jonathan Haidt |
| Abstract |
We investigated the moral stereotypes political liberals and conservatives have of themselves and each other. In reality, liberals endorse the individual-focused moral concerns of compassion and fairness more than conservatives do, and conservatives endorse the group-focused moral concerns of ingroup loyalty, respect for authorities and traditions, and physical/spiritual purity more than liberals do. 2,212 U.S. participants filled out the Moral Foundations Questionnaire with their own answers, or as a typical liberal or conservative would answer. Across the political spectrum, moral stereotypes about "typical" liberals and conservatives correctly reflected the direction of actual differences in foundation endorsement but exaggerated the magnitude of these differences. Contrary to common theories of stereotyping, the moral stereotypes were not simple underestimations of the political outgroup's morality. Both liberals and conservatives exaggerated the ideological extremity of moral concerns for the ingroup as well as the outgroup. Liberals were least accurate about both groups. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 266 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 61 | 23% |
| Spain | 15 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 3% |
| Canada | 4 | 2% |
| Brazil | 4 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| Sweden | 2 | <1% |
| El Salvador | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 19 | 7% |
| Unknown | 146 | 55% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 236 | 89% |
| Scientists | 15 | 6% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 11 | 4% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 380 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 2% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 366 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 91 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 59 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 45 | 12% |
| Researcher | 28 | 7% |
| Professor | 22 | 6% |
| Other | 75 | 20% |
| Unknown | 60 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 145 | 38% |
| Social Sciences | 72 | 19% |
| Philosophy | 15 | 4% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 13 | 3% |
| Arts and Humanities | 11 | 3% |
| Other | 54 | 14% |
| Unknown | 70 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 502. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 April 2024.
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#52,826
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#882
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#236
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#13
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