Do Racism, Homophobia, Conservatism, and Low I.Q. Go Hand in Hand?
¨Hodson and Busseri (2012) found in a correlational study that lower intelligence in childhood is predictive of greater racism in adulthood, with this effect being mediated (partially explained) through conservative ideology. They also found poor abstract reasoning skills were related to homophobic attitudes which was mediated through authoritarianism and low levels of intergroup contact. What this study and those before it suggest is not necessarily that all liberals are geniuses and all conservatives are ignorant. Rather, it makes conclusions based off of averages of groups. The idea is that for those who lack a cognitive ability to grasp complexities of our world, strict-right wing ideologies may be more appealing. Dr. Brian Nosek explained it for the Huffington Post as follows, “ideologies get rid of the messiness and impose a simple solution. So, it may not be surprising that people with less cognitive capacity will be attracted to simplifying ideologies.” For an excellent continuation of this discussion and past studies, please see this article from LiveScience. THANKS TO END BIGOTRY IN VENANGO COUNTY, sidebar THANKS TO Goal Auzeen Saedi, Ph.D. - Psychology Today: http://endbigotryinvenangocounty.blogspot.com/2013/04/do-racism-homophobia-conservatism-and.html
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Deadline reports: Willy Wonka, the eccentric founder of the Wonka Chocolate
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For dozens of brands, dressing stars for the Met Gala comes at a
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The Jay Files
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Regular readers will recall the publication last February of The Wilkinson
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#2770: Josh Disbrow et al.
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It is hardly a surprise that something like Covid would bring an army of
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Feast of the Ascension
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*Hey, guys, it's kinda crowded up here!*
*In Which Padre Mickey Rambles On And On About The Ascension*
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Outside Agitators
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The news has recently been dominated by reports of demonstrations
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distressing that ma...
The Menace from Space
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"The spear, the bow, the gun, and finally the guided missile had given him
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General Synod of rhe Church of England is meeing this week, and it is
forcing them finally to begin to address the fact that there have been two
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(Thanks to Robert Elder of Last Words of the Executed — the blog, and the
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UKRAINE
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The Russian brute destroys lives
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Cities, towns, and villages
Racked and ruined
By soldier brutes who follow their leader.
O...
Theodore
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Theodore (Tedd), age 6 San Diego, California (1954) I always felt like an
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We live in what news media call a, "diverse community." In plain language,
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RIP Terry Martin
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Friends,
This blog was born as a successor to a blog called "Father Jake Stops the
World". The author of Fr Jake was an Episcopal priest named Terrry
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In 1968, I was fourteen years old and stuck in Skipworth Juvenile Hall in
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This is an archive of Good As You, as it existed from 2005–2018. While
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I’m sure all politicians careen between saying what they believe and
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Earlier today, I spoke to my stepfather for the first time in several years
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Since 2010, the It Gets Better Project has collected over 60,000 video
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The Spiritual Science Research Foundation (“Bridging the known and unknown
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Due to life, I haven’t written in quite some time. And I’m not sure when
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"Brooklyn Museum - Nathaniel Under the Fig Tree (Nathanaël sous le figuier)
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