Research investigating the genetic roots of political orientation has proliferated in the past decade. Such genetic accounts resonate with the human tendency to essentialize variation in psychology and behavior—to attribute variation to differences in an invisible, underlying, fixed essence. Invoking genetic essentialist biases leads people to consider traits to be relatively immutable and to consider social groups to be homogenous and discrete. These biases have real-world implications for out-group perceptions, stereotyping, and ascriptions of personal control. This article discusses the viability and potential implications of genetically essentializing political orientation. Genetic attributions of political orientation may lead to less derogation of political dissidents due to perceptions of lower personal control. Conversely, essentializing political orientation may lead to perceptions of more discrete group boundaries between political groups, higher perceived out-group homogeneity, and lower ascrip...

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政治的本质化：如果对政治的认识在基因上成为本质化的，后果是什么？

在过去十年中，有关政治取向的遗传根源的研究激增。这种遗传学解释与人类趋向于将心理和行为的变异本质化的趋势相呼应-将变异归因于无形的，潜在的固定本质中的差异。引用遗传本质主义偏见会导致人们认为特征相对不变，并认为社会群体是同质的和离散的。这些偏见对于现实生活中的群体外感，刻板印象和个人控制归因具有现实意义。本文讨论了从基因上确定政治取向的可行性和潜在含义。政治取向的遗传归因于对个人控制力较低的感知，可以减少对政治持不同政见者的贬损。反过来，