Psychologists usually expect ambivalence to be a driver of political apathy. But a new study appears to show a link between ambivalence in our views and the likelihood that we will support extremist actions. Madeleine Finlay talks to the study’s co-author Richard Petty, professor of psychology at Ohio State University, to find out what drives people to take extreme actions, how politics can drive this behavior and how it can be curbed
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