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| Subject: Conservative Politics, 'Low-Effort' Thinking Linked In New Study Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:12 am | |
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- Conservatives and liberals don't seem to agree about much, and they might not agree about recent studies linking conservatism to low intelligence and "low-effort" thinking.
As The Huffington Post reported in February, a study published in the journal "Psychological Science" showed that children who score low on intelligence tests gravitate toward socially conservative political views in adulthood--perhaps because conservative ideologies stress "structure and order" that make it easier to understand a complicated world.
Ouch.
And now there's the new study linking conservative ideologies to "low-effort" thinking.
"People endorse conservative ideology more when they have to give a first or fast response," the study's lead author, University of Arkansas psychologist Dr. Scott Eidelman, said in a written statement released by the university.
Does the finding suggest that conservatives are lazy thinkers?
"Not quite," Dr. Eidelman told The Huffington Post in an email. "Our research shows that low-effort thought promotes political conservatism, not that political conservatives use low-effort thinking."
For the study, a team of psychologists led by Dr. Eidelman asked people about their political viewpoints in a bar and in a laboratory setting.
Bar patrons were asked about social issues before blowing into a Breathalyzer. As it turned out, the political viewpoints of patrons with high blood alcohol levels were more likely to be conservative than were those of patrons whose blood alcohol levels were low.
But it wasn't just the alcohol talking, according to the statement. When the researchers conducted similar interviews in the lab, they found that people who were asked to evaluate political ideas quickly or while distracted were more likely to express conservative viewpoints.
"Keeping people from thinking too much...or just asking them to deliberate or consider information in a cursory manner can impact people's political attitudes, and in a way that consistently promotes political conservatism," Dr. Eidelman said in the email.
The study was published online in the journal "Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/07/conservative-politics-low-effort-thinking_n_1410448.html?ref=mostpopular | |
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| Subject: Re: Conservative Politics, 'Low-Effort' Thinking Linked In New Study Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:43 pm | |
| Talk about a biased study. lol You can probably make a "study" say just about everything. It's amazing the straws liberals cling to in order to make themselves feel good about their illogical views. | |
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| Subject: Re: Conservative Politics, 'Low-Effort' Thinking Linked In New Study Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:07 pm | |
| All liberals have to do to feel good about themselves is look at conservatives. | |
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| Subject: Re: Conservative Politics, 'Low-Effort' Thinking Linked In New Study Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:43 pm | |
| - Forgiveness Man wrote:
- Talk about a biased study. lol You can probably make a "study" say just about everything. It's amazing the straws liberals cling to in order to make themselves feel good about their illogical views.
That's true, you can make a study say just about anything. The question is, can you demonstrate than anything stated in this study was actually biased (ie: where is your evidence that the author of the study has a "liberal" agenda)? Here is his bio below! http://eidelman.socialpsychology.org/ | |
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