The analysis of open-minded attitudes towards sexuality in general requires a construct based on attitudinal dimensions. Although several existing studies involve sexual attitudes, they differ substantially and standardized conceptual work is missing. Thus, the authors introduce the latent variable sexual openness to develop a construct based on self-oriented attitudes towards different sexual ...

What makes people feel respected or disrespected in political discussions with contrary-minded others? In two survey studies, participants recalled a situation which they had engaged discussion about topic. Study 1 ( n = 126), we used qualitative methods to document wide array of behaviors and expressions that made (dis)respected such discussions, derived list nine motives may have underlain th...

Political discussion is a key mechanism for the development of reasoned opinions and political knowledge, but online has been characterized as uncivil, intolerant, and/or ideologically homogeneous, which detrimental to this development. In paper, we examine role personality in various forms talk—online offline—as well like-minded discussion. Based on 2017 survey conducted United Kingdom, States...

A system which is to count as minded must represent its environment and must act in pursuit of its goals as those representations make it right to act; or at least it must do this in favourable conditions. But a system may comply with representation-related constraints, simply because that is how it is designed at the subpersonal level to function. Or it may comply for that reason together with...