Shauna Bowes-Flores
@shaunambowes.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at UAH | Former NSF SBE postdoc at Vanderbilt | PhD in clinical psych from Emory | studying intellectual humility, polarization, and misinformation
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An adversarial collaboration on the rigidity‐of‐the‐right, symmetry thesis, or rigidity‐of‐extremes: The answer depends on the question
In an adversarial collaboration, two preregistered U.S.-based studies (total N = 6181) tested three hypotheses regarding the relationship between political ideology and belief rigidity (operationaliz...
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September 30, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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It was a great experience working on an adversarial collaboration, and I hope to do more in the future!
August 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It was a great experience working on an adversarial collaboration, and I hope to do more in the future!
Overall, we found very small and semi-consistent effects. I think a key takeaway from this adversarial collaboration is that strong claims about strong relations between ideology and belief rigidity are likely unwarranted.
August 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Overall, we found very small and semi-consistent effects. I think a key takeaway from this adversarial collaboration is that strong claims about strong relations between ideology and belief rigidity are likely unwarranted.
Political extremism also predicted more belief rigidity, both on the left and the right. But, extreme rightists were more rigid than extreme leftists.
August 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Political extremism also predicted more belief rigidity, both on the left and the right. But, extreme rightists were more rigid than extreme leftists.
What did we find? In over 6,000 individuals, we found that general and social conservatism were weakly related to more belief rigidity. Economic conservatism had null relations with belief rigidity.
August 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
What did we find? In over 6,000 individuals, we found that general and social conservatism were weakly related to more belief rigidity. Economic conservatism had null relations with belief rigidity.
Nothing about this is okay. It’s more important now than ever to study false beliefs. We will figure out a way forward!
April 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Nothing about this is okay. It’s more important now than ever to study false beliefs. We will figure out a way forward!