Psych Article Summary: Part IIISabrina LiebermanBibliographic InformationPolitical Intolerance, Right and Left authored by Jarrett T. Crawford and Jane M. Pilanskion November 6, 2014 by Political Psychology. IntroductionThe authors chose to perform the study in order to further the work Linder and Nosek, to determine whether or not political intolerance is more prevalent among conservatives or liberals. However, unlike Linder and Nosek, this study was based on the hypothesis that liberals and conservatives are equally likely to harbor intolerance rather than the hypothesis that conservatives are less tolerant. MethodsFirst, college students took surveys in which they judged politically charged statements based on their threat to the nation to determine where they fell on the political spectrum. They then judged statements based on political ideals and democratic values to determinehow each group felt about the legitimacy of the other. Finally, participants judged whether or not liberals or conservatives would support several policy issues. ResultsThis study contradicted the work of Linder and Nosek, finding that both liberals and conservatives are intolerant of opposing views. The results also showed that political opinions and intolerance are linked to perceived threats posed by the opposition. My ReactionI do not think the study design was very effective because of the lack of diversity in usingcollege-aged students. However, I was interested to see that this study contradicted previous