PSYCH 3CD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Heel, Cognitive Style, Authoritarianism
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Intelligent people tend to have need for cognition, need for closure, personal need for structure. Across all studies, the correlation between prejudice and intelligence was -0. 3. Variables correlated both with intelligence and prejudice: high socioeconomic status, education level, sociocultural background. Generalizability of intelligence findings and politics and prejudice in adulthood. It shouldn"t be surprising that prejudice and intelligence are correlated. If you"re high in authoritarianism, it is about being conservative. Intelligence is wrapped up in the ability to tolerate new situations and ambiguity, while being conservative is the opposite. Lower intelligence in childhood is associated with right- wing conservatism in adulthood. Meta-analyses: those with lower mental abilities are more likely to be conservative, score high on rwa, and hold conservative religious beliefs. Hodson and busseri (2012) on tying mental ability, ideology, and prejudice together. Measured prejudice and right-wing social-cultural ideologies in adulthood. Without a measure of conservatism, there is a strong correlation between ability and.