This article is worth reading carefully IF you wanted to start untangling IQ, religiosity, academic disciplines etc ... I did a quick read, not enough to get it all, but enough to realize the importance of operational definitions. Much research is cited. There is also some interesting data to the effect that really terrific academicians are slightly neurotic, very high in Openness .. and not always Agreeable (ok .. one big collective Duh!!). But, religious people also more likely to be higher on Neurotic, and openness is associated with unusual psych experiences and visions.
A good case is made, however, that the religiosity difference could easily be due to IQ differences. IQ rank orders like this: Physics, Math, Social Science (collectively), but all three groups of PhDs are above average so it is unclear how the relationship holds across the broader range of IQ. Academicians are more likely to be liberal. The religion effect was not big if I read it carefully ... "believe in God?" (Nat Sci = 37.6% versus Soc Sci = 31.2%) and "don't know; no way to find out" (Nat Sci = 29.4% versus Soc Sci = 31%). Within these broad categories, some minor differences between disciplines. Interestingly, to the question "high power but not God?" Natural Sci = 8.2% versus 7.2% for Soc Sci .. but again, not whopping effects. ========================== John W. Kulig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Coordinator, Psychology Honors Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 ========================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Clark" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 11:16:08 AM Subject: RE: [tips] Paper says physical scientists smarter and less religious than social scientists | Inside Higher Ed Hi But is psychology a physical science or a social science or both??? And what about our applied programs ... clinical, school, organizational, ...? Take care Jim Jim Clark Professor & Chair of Psychology 204-786-9757 4L41A -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Green [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 7:43 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Paper says physical scientists smarter and less religious than social scientists | Inside Higher Ed Let the games begin! http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/02/12/paper-says-physical-scientists-smarter-and-less-religious-social-scientists Chris ....... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=34144 or send a blank email to leave-34144-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66454&n=T&l=tips&o=34151 or send a blank email to leave-34151-13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=34158 or send a blank email to leave-34158-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
