Once again returning to our political theme, we have a new study that suggests that optimism is an important part of the political process. According to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Positive Psychology Center, the most optimistic candidates have won the U.S. presidency more than 80 percent of the Read more…
Continuing our tribute to the psychology of political attitudes, which we started with a discussion of the “happiness gap” between conservatives and liberals, is today’s entry–an article appearing in the prestigious journal Science that claims that conservatives are “three times more fearful” than liberals [1]. Now I know as psychologists Read more…
First off, I typically don’t blog on political topics, having been taught as a child that there are three topics that you don’t discuss with people you don’t know well: politics, religion, and money. That being said, this is a big election year, so it just seems negligent to avoid Read more…