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Originally shared by Marla Caldwell
TL;DR: dumb people more likely to be conservative and bigoted.
According to a combination of longitudinal studies in the UK and US, generally speaking people with lower IQs are more likely to adhere to conservative ideologies which stress obedience and maintaining the status quo, and to be prejudiced against people of differing races and sexualities.
The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults. These findings point to a vicious cycle, according to lead researcher Gordon Hodson, a psychologist at Brock University in Ontario. Low-intelligence adults tend to gravitate towardsocially conservative ideologies, the study found. Those ideologies, in turn, stress hierarchy and resistance to change, attitudes that can contribute to prejudice, Hodson wrote in an email to LiveScience.
http://news.yahoo.com/low-iq-conservative-beliefs-linked-prejudice-180403506.html
Originally shared by Marla Caldwell
TL;DR: dumb people more likely to be conservative and bigoted.
According to a combination of longitudinal studies in the UK and US, generally speaking people with lower IQs are more likely to adhere to conservative ideologies which stress obedience and maintaining the status quo, and to be prejudiced against people of differing races and sexualities.
The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults. These findings point to a vicious cycle, according to lead researcher Gordon Hodson, a psychologist at Brock University in Ontario. Low-intelligence adults tend to gravitate towardsocially conservative ideologies, the study found. Those ideologies, in turn, stress hierarchy and resistance to change, attitudes that can contribute to prejudice, Hodson wrote in an email to LiveScience.
http://news.yahoo.com/low-iq-conservative-beliefs-linked-prejudice-180403506.html
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