Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice

[mzteris]

There's no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to stir public controversy.

The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults. These findings point to a vicious cycle, according to lead researcher Gordon Hodson, a psychologist at Brock University in Ontario. Low-intelligence adults tend to gravitate toward socially conservative ideologies, the study found. Those ideologies, in turn, stress hierarchy and resistance to change, attitudes that can contribute to prejudice, Hodson wrote in an email to LiveScience.

"Prejudice is extremely complex and multifaceted, making it critical that any factors contributing to bias are uncovered and understood," he said.

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http://news.yahoo.com/low-iq-conservative-beliefs-linked-prejudice-180403506.html

[gopiscrap]

1. Duh

have you ever heard these racist, homophobic, misogynistic morans try to string a coherant paragraph together?

[jody]

2. Interesting analysis. I wonder if other studies tested the same hypothesis and were never published

because they found opposing results?

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. 4 previous threads on this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002225033

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002225077

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002225719

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101610178

[BadGimp]

4. Thank you Professor Obvious!

I'll of course share this with my racist right wing friend.

And he'll dismiss it..

[provis99]

5. dumb, right-wing rednecks are prejudiced?

Who woulda thought?

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Heh, my uncle once characterized his son as "He's not stupid. He's just a bigot."

I'm still shaking my head over that one.