You are such an idiot. Since you think you're such a smart guy how come you failed your thesis?What was that, two years of work and money and nothing to show for it?
. On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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:366543 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
