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Prejudice and personality: A role for positive-approach processes?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2012

Charles Seger  and
Philip J. Corr
Charles Seger
Affiliation:
School of Psychology and Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences (CBESS), University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom. c.seger@uea.ac.uk p.corr@uea.ac.uk http://www.uea.ac.uk
Philip J. Corr
Affiliation:
School of Psychology and Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences (CBESS), University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom. c.seger@uea.ac.uk p.corr@uea.ac.uk http://www.uea.ac.uk
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Abstract

Individuals differ in their support for social change. We argue that examinations of inequality and change would benefit from consideration of underlying personality processes. New data suggest that Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Social Dominance Orientation, indicators of support for inequality, may be motivated by biologically driven personality processes, particularly those related to positive-approach motivation.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 6 , December 2012 , pp. 446 - 447
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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