http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/05/demonizing_conservative_thought.html
. On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > Conservatives you mean, as one study (of about 5 I've found so far) > concluded: > "...political conservatism may be a process consequence of low-effort > thought; when effortful, deliberate thought is disengaged, endorsement > of conservative ideology increases." > > > from: > Low-Effort Thought Promotes Political Conservatism > Scott Eidelman, Christian S. Crandall, Jeffrey A. Goodman and John C. > Blanchar Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, June 2012 vol. 38 > no. 6 808-820 > http://psp.sagepub.com/content/38/6/808 > Abstract > > 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. > ------------------------ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:370705 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
