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Jer Clifton

@jerclifton
Husband, father, and @Penn scientist studying primals. This 5-minute video explains close to a decade of my research: tinyurl.com/khpvbjex
Philadelphia, PA
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    Sep 1, 2022
    Decades of research shows conservatives (compared to liberals) see the world as a more dangerous place, which is thought to increase conservative views on immigration, military, etc. We were wrong. Big SPPS article w/ @NicholasTKerry1 out today doi.org/10.1177/194855… 🧵/13
    Belief in a Dangerous World Does Not Explain Substantial Variance in Political Attitudes, But Other...
    From journals.sagepub.com
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    Aug 30
    Research Breakthrough: Researchers lower violent extremism among January 6th insurrectionist supporters by changing the one surprising worldview that extremist groups have in common.
    The Surprising Worldview of Violent Extremists
    From psychologytoday.com
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    Jer Clifton
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    Jul 24
    job opportunity The Humanities and Human Flourishing Project across the hall in the positive psychology center at Penn is hiring a lab manager. Please share posting as the spirit moves. wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/upe…
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    Jer Clifton
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    Jul 21
    Wow. Biggest breakthrough in my field in 7 years: Violent extremists, from jihadists to ecoterrorists, share one overlooked primal world belief. AND targeting that belief via intervention lowered violent extremism in Jan 6th insurrection supporters! doi.org/10.1037/vio000…
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    Jer Clifton
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    Jun 19
    Our new study suggests that people with three worldviews tend to do better in the face of adversity. Do you have these worldviews? Great infographics by Scott Heagle and the team at ThinkTheory!
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