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The January issue of Psychological Science published an interesting study Brock University study entitled "Bright Minds and Dark Attitudes
Lower Cognitive Ability Predicts Greater Prejudice Through Right-Wing Ideology and Low Intergroup Contact." The study will, no doubt, garner a fair amount of scrutiny given its findings. The following quote from the articles abstract will give you a better idea of its conclusions:
“In an analysis of two large-scale, nationally representative United Kingdom data sets (N = 15,874), we found that lower general intelligence (g) in childhood predicts greater racism in adulthood, and this effect was largely mediated via conservative ideology. A secondary analysis of a U.S. data set confirmed a predictive effect of poor abstract-reasoning skills on antihomosexual prejudice, a relation partially mediated by both authoritarianism and low levels of intergroup contact. All analyses controlled for education and socioeconomic status.”
The entire study is available here: http://pss.sagepub.com/content/23/2/187.full
The January issue of Psychological Science published an interesting study Brock University study entitled "Bright Minds and Dark Attitudes
Lower Cognitive Ability Predicts Greater Prejudice Through Right-Wing Ideology and Low Intergroup Contact." The study will, no doubt, garner a fair amount of scrutiny given its findings. The following quote from the articles abstract will give you a better idea of its conclusions:
“In an analysis of two large-scale, nationally representative United Kingdom data sets (N = 15,874), we found that lower general intelligence (g) in childhood predicts greater racism in adulthood, and this effect was largely mediated via conservative ideology. A secondary analysis of a U.S. data set confirmed a predictive effect of poor abstract-reasoning skills on antihomosexual prejudice, a relation partially mediated by both authoritarianism and low levels of intergroup contact. All analyses controlled for education and socioeconomic status.”
The entire study is available here: http://pss.sagepub.com/content/23/2/187.full
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