Researchers help define what makes a political conservative

[Paragon]

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/07/22_politics.shtml

Four researchers who culled through 50 years of research literature about the psychology of conservatism report that at the core of political conservatism is the resistance to change and a tolerance for inequality, and that some of the common psychological factors linked to political conservatism include:

- Fear and aggression

- Dogmatism and intolerance of ambiguity

- Uncertainty avoidance

- Need for cognitive closure

- Terror management