Social scientists study social categories. In recent years, an account has emerged of one particular social category, an atavistic portrayal of a cohort whose genes were selected for in a primitive stage of human history, whose behaviors are shaped by a heightened sensitivity to negative experiences, and who are characterized by relatively lower intelligence, close-mindedness and diminished capacity to detect cognitive error. This account of the social category in question—conservatives—has proliferated in the social sciences and the popular press, though to arrive at these conclusions, we suggest that researchers have had to gloss over relevant ideological dimensions within conservatism and distinctions within the negativity bias construct. Our aim with this introduction, and the special issue that follows, is to outline a more nuanced relationship between conservatism and negativity, and to examine the consequences of this atavistic portrayal for the social sciences and the general public.

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超越威胁和不确定性：保守主义的基础

社会科学家研究社会类别。近年来，已经出现了一个特定的社会类别的描述，即对一个队列的简单描述，该队列的基因是在人类历史的原始阶段被选择的，其行为是由对负面经历的高度敏感性所决定的，其特征是相对较低的智力，近距离思维和减少认知错误的能力。尽管社会科学和大众媒体对这种社会类别的论述（保守派）已经泛滥成灾，但为了得出这些结论，我们建议研究人员必须掩盖保守主义内的相关意识形态维度和消极偏见建构内的区别。我们的目的是通过介绍以及随后的特殊问题，