Thinkers? Really. Then please explain these results. Low-Effort Thought Promotes Political Conservatism Scott Eidelman, Christian S. Crandall, Jeffrey A. Goodman and John C. Blanchar Pers Soc Psychol Bull June 2012 vol. 38 no. 6 808-820 http://psp.sagepub.com/content/38/6/808
The authors test the hypothesis that low-effort thought promotes political conservatism. In Study 1, alcohol intoxication was measured among bar patrons; as blood alcohol level increased, so did political conservatism (controlling for sex, education, and political identification). In Study 2, participants under cognitive load reported more conservative attitudes than their no-load counterparts. In Study 3, time pressure increased participantsÂ’ endorsement of conservative terms. In Study 4, participants considering political terms in a cursory manner endorsed conservative terms more than those asked to cogitate; an indicator of effortful thought (recognition memory) partially mediated the relationship between processing effort and conservatism. Together these data suggest that political conservatism may be a process consequence of low-effort thought; when effortful, deliberate thought is disengaged, endorsement of conservative ideology increases. ---- And you can download the full study here: https://www.evernote.com/shard/s12/sh/25b88c91-94e8-4729-a548-f5b463bb66ce/4be5d6f6e205896490f7c75aa398ca34/res/016c5f91-5e9e-4411-8305-585bdf2a612c/Pers%20Soc%20Psychol%20Bull-2012-Eidelman-0146167212439213.pdf But basically these four experimental studies argue that conservatives are not thinkers. That's confirmed by Jost and Amadio's results with ERP research on cognitive closure. There are about 7 or 8 different MRI studies (Forbes & Grafman,2010; Westen, Blagov, Harenski, Kilts, & Hamann (2006)) in addition to the Kanai study that has found the same (the Anterior Cingulate Cortex responsible for complex processing and tolerance for ambiguity smaller in conservatives), de Zavala, Cislak & Wesolowska research on cognitive closure with European samples, Dane Wendell, Matland, & Morrison (in press) with neural inhibition. Overall the data suggests that those who endorse mainly conservative ideology tend to be more motivated by fear and anxiety (increased activity in the amygdala and limbic system), devote less processing to tolerating ambiguity and have a higher need for closure (resolution of things for instance). They also are less likely to engage in complex reasoning (ACC differrences). Moreover they tend to prefer low effort thought - the classic low information voter. On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > We're called thinkers. Why don't you try. BTW, the IPCC is not a group of > the worlds top climate scientists, they are politicians. > > . > > > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 10:58 AM, GMoney wrote: > > > > > It's a massive hoaxed perpetrated by thousands of scientists across the > > > planet, who speak dozens of different languages, meant > > > to......um..........hmmm.....not really sure what the aim of the hoax > > > is...but...IT'S A HOAX!! > > > > > > I do understand the buzzing of a very small number of outliers with very > > questionable political and financial motives - calling this a hoax. What > I > > don't get are the folks who have nothing to gain from calling this a > hoax, > > but continue to aggressively challenge these very thorough research > > reports. > > > > -Cameron > > > > ... > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:366541 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
