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Perceptions of U.S. Social Mobility Are Divided (and Distorted) Along Ideological Lines by Chambers, John R., Swan, Lawton K., Heesacker, Martin

“…The ability to move upward in social class or economic position (i.e., social mobility) is a defining feature of the American Dream, yet recent public-opinion…”
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Biases in Social Comparative Judgments: The Role of Nonmotivated Factors in Above-Average and Comparative-Optimism Effects by Chambers, John R, Windschitl, Paul D

“…Biases in social comparative judgments, such as those illustrated by above-average and comparative-optimism effects, are often regarded as products of…”
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self-control consequences of political ideology by Clarkson, Joshua J, John R. Chambers, Edward R. Hirt, Ashley S. Otto, Frank R. Kardes, Christopher Leone

“…Evidence from three studies reveals a critical difference in self-control as a function of political ideology. Specifically, greater endorsement of political…”
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How should we measure Americans’ perceptions of socio-economic mobility? by Swan, Lawton K., Chambers, John R., Heesacker, Martin, Nero, Sondre S.

“…Several scholars have suggested that Americans' (distorted) beliefs about the rate of upward social mobility in the United States may affect political judgment…”
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STILL NO COMPELLING EVIDENCE THAT AMERICANS OVERESTIMATE UPWARD SOCIO-ECONOMIC MOBILITY RATES: REPLY TO DAVIDAI ＆ GILOVICH (2018) by Nero, Sondre S., Swan, Lawton K., Chambers, John R., Heesacker, Martin

“…DAVIDAI AND GILOVICH (2018) CONTEND THAT (A) AMERICANS TEND TO THINK ABOUT THEIR NATION'S INCOME DISTRIBUTION IN TERMS OF QUINTILES (FIFTHS), AND (B) WHEN…”
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Egocentrism, Event Frequency, and Comparative Optimism: When what Happens Frequently is “More Likely to Happen to Me” by Chambers, John R., Windschitl, Paul D., Suls, Jerry

“…Three studies investigated the role of nonmotivated egocentric processes in comparative optimism (and pessimism). According to an egocentric-processes account,…”
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Ideology and Prejudice: The Role of Value Conflicts by Chambers, John R., Schlenker, Barry R., Collisson, Brian

“…In three studies, we tested whether prejudice derives from perceived similarities and dissimilarities in political ideologies (the value-conflict hypothesis)…”
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Perceiving Political Polarization in the United States: Party Identity Strength and Attitude Extremity Exacerbate the Perceived Partisan Divide by Westfall, Jacob, Van Boven, Leaf, Chambers, John R., Judd, Charles M.

“…An important component of political polarization in the United States is the degree to which ordinary people perceive political polarization. We used over 30…”
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The Ideological-Conflict Hypothesis: Intolerance Among Both Liberals and Conservatives by Brandt, Mark J., Reyna, Christine, Chambers, John R., Crawford, Jarret T., Wetherell, Geoffrey

“…Decades of research in social and political psychology have demonstrated that political conservatives appear more intolerant toward a variety of groups than do…”
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Better Off Than We Know: Distorted Perceptions of Incomes and Income Inequality in America by Chambers, John R., Swan, Lawton K., Heesacker, Martin

“…Three studies examined Americans' perceptions of incomes and income inequality using a variety of criterion measures. Contrary to recent findings indicating…”
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Conservatives are happier than liberals, but why? Political ideology, personality, and life satisfaction by Schlenker, Barry R., Chambers, John R., Le, Bonnie M.

“…► We examined personality correlates of political ideology and life satisfaction. ► Replicating past research, political conservatives were happier than…”
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Social and Economic Ideologies Differentially Predict Prejudice Across the Political Spectrum, but Social Issues Are Most Divisive by Crawford, Jarret T, Brandt, Mark J, Inbar, Yoel, Chambers, John R, Motyl, Matt

“…Liberals and conservatives both express prejudice toward ideologically dissimilar others (Brandt et al., 2014). Previous work on ideological prejudice did not…”
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Bounded Openness: The Effect of Openness to Experience on Intolerance Is Moderated by Target Group Conventionality by Brandt, Mark J., Chambers, John R., Crawford, Jarret T., Wetherell, Geoffrey, Reyna, Christine

“…Openness to experience is consistently associated with tolerance. We suggest that tests of the association between openness to experience and tolerance have…”
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Why Do I Hate Thee? Conflict Misperceptions and Intergroup Mistrust by Chambers, John R., Melnyk, Darya

“…Members of partisan social groups often exaggerate how much their own opinions differ from those of their rivals. In the present two studies, partisans…”
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Egocentrism drives misunderstanding in conflict and negotiation by Chambers, John R., De Dreu, Carsten K.W.

“…A key barrier to conflict resolution is that parties exaggerate the degree to which the other side's interests oppose their own side's interests. Here we…”
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Political homogeneity can nurture threats to research validity by Chambers, John R, Schlenker, Barry R

“…Political homogeneity within a scientific field nurtures threats to the validity of many research conclusions by allowing ideologically compatible values to…”
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Why Psychologists Should Reject Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Science-Based Perspective by Swan, Lawton K, Skarsten, Sondre, Heesacker, Martin, Chambers, John R

“…Professional psychology is in apparent conflict about its relationship to "complementary" and "alternative" medicine (CAM)-some scholars envision a harmonious…”
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Misperceptions in Intergroup Conflict: Disagreeing about What We Disagree About by Chambers, John R., Baron, Robert S., Inman, Mary L.

“…Two studies examined misperceptions of disagreement in partisan social conflicts, namely, in the debates over abortion (Study 1) and politics (Study 2). We…”
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Why the Parts Are Better (or Worse) Than the Whole: The Unique-Attributes Hypothesis by Chambers, John R.

“…People tend to rate members of a positive group (e.g., best friends) as superior to the average of that group and members of a negative group (e. g., worst…”
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Knowing Too Much: Using Private Knowledge to Predict How One Is Viewed by Others by Chambers, John R., Epley, Nicholas, Savitsky, Kenneth, Windschitl, Paul D.

“…People have more information about themselves than others do, and this fundamental asymmetry can help to explain why individuals have difficulty accurately…”
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