and a more accessible write-up at psychology today by joe and aviva

shout out to joe siev as lead author! link to article in @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social here

on divisive political issues, people expect that expressing more ambivalence = more accepted by all people. in fact, the opposite is true: allies dislike that you're conflicted at all, and opponents (still) dislike your overall position #psychology #psychsci #psychscisky

also have to relearn how to use social media. here's me connecting marketing principles with folks' sociopolitical ambivalence, and the social expectations versus reality about expressing that to others

might have to be on social media again if it's this packed with other fun academic nerds