Political Contamination of Social Psychology: A Review of Crawford and Jussim’s (2017) Edited Book on The Politics of Social Psychology

Chan, Linus; McFarland, James; Conway, Lucian Gideon

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“…Recent evidence suggests this may be true in the case of left-wing authoritarianism. As noted earlier, researchers designed a new LWA scale for Western participants Conway & McFarland, 2018) that was parallel to the most widely-used RWA scale (Altemeyer, 1998). Participants high in LWA on this scale endorse authoritarianism in manner parallel to participants high in RWA, but endorse them in a liberal-focused way.…”

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“…LWA construct is on the rise. Although many scholars in political psychology have expressed skepticism about left-wing authoritarianism (Altemeyer, 1996;Jost et al, 2003;Nilsson & Jost, 2020;Stone, 1980), others have argued that left-wing authoritarianism is a valid construct (e.g., Chan et al, 2018;Conway et al, in press;Conway, Zubrod, & Chan, 2020;Costello, Bowes, Stevens, Waldman, & Lilienfeld, 2020;Federico et al, 2017;McFarland et al, 1996;Mullen et al, 2003;Ray, 1983;Van Hiel et al, 2006).…”

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The curious case of left‐wing authoritarianism: When authoritarian persons meet anti‐authoritarian norms

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Left-Wing Authoritarianism (LWA) has a controversial history in psychology. Some researchers have expressed skepticism about the existence of LWA, whereas others have argued that LWA is a valid construct. In the present article, we offer a framework to reconcile these two perspectives by proposing that ideologically-based authoritarian norms are sometimes in conflict with the processes that create authoritarian individuals.In Western political contexts, authoritarian norms are more likely to occur on the conservative side of the political spectrum; but authoritarian persons can occur in both conservatives and liberals. In our model, left-wing authoritarians thus often occupy the space where forces influencing authoritarianism are in conflict. We review existing evidence related to the model, derive four hypotheses from the model, and discuss criteria for falsifying the model. We conclude by considering the model's place in current research on the complexities of ideology.

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The curious case of left‐wing authoritarianism: When authoritarian persons meet anti‐authoritarian norms

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“…However, essentially all of the work on the threat-authoritarianism relationship has focused on authoritarianism for conservatives (e.g., Altemeyer, 1998;Choma & Hanoch, 2017;Choma & Hodson, 2017;Jost et al, 2003;Ludeke et al, 2018; for discussions and evidence of the prevalence of RWA, see Chan et al, 2018;. We would expect, if LWA is measuring authoritarianism, to find evidence that LWA is also related to measurements of threat perceptions.…”

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“…Thus, it is reasonable to call someone scoring high on the LWA scale an "authoritarian" in the same way that it is reasonable to call someone scoring high on the RWA scale an "authoritarian." However, we would expect them to be different in multiple ways too, and parsing out those similarities and differences is an important task for future research (Chan et al, 2018).…”

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Is the Myth of Left-Wing Authoritarianism Itself a Myth?

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Is left-wing authoritarianism (LWA) closer to a myth or a reality? Twelve studies test the empirical existence and theoretical relevance of LWA. Study 1 reveals that both conservative and liberal Americans identify a large number of left-wing authoritarians in their lives. In Study 2, participants explicitly rate items from a recently-developed LWA measure as valid measurements of authoritarianism. Studies 3-11 show that persons who score high on this same LWA scale possess the traits associated with models of authoritarianism (while controlling for political ideology): LWA is positively related to threat sensitivity across multiple areas, including general ecological threats (Study 3), COVID disease threat (Study 4), Belief in a Dangerous World (Study 5), and Trump threat (Study 6). Further, controlling for ideology, high-LWA persons show more support for restrictive political correctness norms (Study 7), rate African-Americans and Jews more negatively (Studies 8-9), and show more domain-specific dogmatism and attitude strength (Study 10). Study 11 reveals that the majority of the effects from Studies 3-10 hold when looking only within liberals, thus revealing these effects are about liberal authoritarianism. Study 12 uses the World Values Survey to provide evidence of Left-Wing Authoritarianism around the globe. Taken in total, this large array of triangulating evidence from 12 studies comprised of over 8,000 participants from the U.S. and over 66,000 participants world-wide strongly suggests that left-wing authoritarianism is much closer to a reality than a myth.

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The Curious Case of Left-Wing Authoritarianism: When Authoritarian Persons Meet Anti-Authoritarian Norms

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Left-Wing Authoritarianism (LWA) has a controversial history in psychology. Some researchers have expressed skepticism about the existence of LWA, whereas others have argued that LWA is a valid construct. In the present article, we offer a framework to reconcile these two perspectives by proposing that ideologically-based authoritarian norms are sometimes in conflict with the processes that create authoritarian individuals. In Western political contexts, authoritarian norms are more likely to occur on the conservative side of the political spectrum; but authoritarian persons can occur in both conservatives and liberals. In our model, left-wing authoritarians thus often occupy the space where forces influencing authoritarianism are in conflict. We review existing evidence related to the model, derive four hypotheses from the model, and discuss criteria for falsifying the model. We conclude by considering the model’s place in current research on the complexities of ideology.

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Political Contamination of Social Psychology: A Review of Crawford and Jussim’s (2017) Edited Book on The Politics of Social Psychology

Cited by 6 publications

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The curious case of left‐wing authoritarianism: When authoritarian persons meet anti‐authoritarian norms

The curious case of left‐wing authoritarianism: When authoritarian persons meet anti‐authoritarian norms

Is the Myth of Left-Wing Authoritarianism Itself a Myth?

The Curious Case of Left-Wing Authoritarianism: When Authoritarian Persons Meet Anti-Authoritarian Norms

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