We also hope that these issues will be discussed in other social sciences, and in humanities departments as well. We are optimistic that academics in many disciplines will share our appreciation of the power of viewpoint diversity to improve the quality of thought. We hope that our arguments and solutions will be considered by those who practice not just social psychology, but the social sciences and humanities broadly, and who train future generations of scholars and citizens for life in a vibrant democracy. References Ahn, H-K., Kim, H. J., & Aggarwal, P. (2014). Helping fellow beings: Anthropomorphized social causes and the role of anticipatory guilt. 224-229. Psychological Science, 25(1), Brandt, M. J., & Crawford, J. (2013, December 6). Replication-extension of for All the Tea “Not in China!” Political ideology and the avoidance of dissonance-arousing situations (Nam, Unpublished manuscript. Retrieved from Jost, & Van Bavel, 2013, PLoS One). Brandt, M. J., Reyna, C., Chambers, J. R., Crawford, J. T., & Wetherell, G. (2014). The ideological-conflict hypothesis: Intolerance among both liberals and conservatives. 27-34. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 23, W. D. (2012). New York: The rules of influence: Winning when you are in the minority. St. Martin's Press.
We also hope that these issues will be discussed in other social sciences, and in humanities departments as well. We are optimistic that academics in many disciplines will share our appreciation of the power of viewpoint diversity to improve the quality of thought. We hope that our arguments and solutions will be considered by those who practice not just social psychology, but the social sciences and humanities broadly, and who train future generations of scholars and citizens for life in a vibrant democracy. References Ahn, H-K., Kim, H. J., & Aggarwal, P. (2014). Helping fellow beings: Anthropomorphized social causes and the role of anticipatory guilt. Psychological Science, 25(1), 224-229. Brandt, M. J., & Crawford, J. (2013, December 6). Replication-extension of “Not for All the Tea in China!” Political ideology and the avoidance of dissonance-arousing situations (Nam, Jost, & Van Bavel, 2013, PLoS One). Unpublished manuscript. Retrieved from Brandt, M. J., Reyna, C., Chambers, J. R., Crawford, J. T., & Wetherell, G. (2014). The ideological-conflict hypothesis: Intolerance among both liberals and conservatives. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 23, 27-34. W. D. (2012). The rules of influence: Winning when you are in the minority. New York: St. Martin's Press.
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