Dogmatism as a trait is domain-specific and situationally malleable

Evidence

I am treating dogmatism as a personality variable. “Dogmatic people” generally holds their opinions with unchangeable, unjustified certainty, compared with others. That does not mean all of their opinions are held thus; it does not mean they will never change their minds; it does not mean situational pressures cannot crumple their dogmatic shell. It does not mean they will prove “inflexible” in everything they do. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 2648

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies that dogmatism-as-personality-variable does not imply blanket inflexibility across all domains.