Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice

[Freeper]

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Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice

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

I have one thing to say. Do we need a freakin' study to state the obvious?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002225582

So liberal college professors come to the conclusion that conservatives be dumb, and the DUmmies eat it up.
My question is, if we are so dumb why is it in general conservatives are more successful in life? Even if we aren't rolling in dough we figure out how to take care of ourselves, libs on the other hand are constantly begging for help because they just can't make it. As for the racist bullshit how is it that Allen West, and Herman Cain are well loved by us knuckledragging racists?

Gman
1. It's why they can't do shades of gray

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they need the structure. If we had N Korea's government, they would be happy because they have to have someone to worship, have to have someone to hate and blame, and someone to make them feel superior in their subservience.

It's why successful revolutions often involve locking up the intellectuals.

Of course we didn't need a poll to tell us this.
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And you call us stupid, only a moron would think for a second that conservatives would love to be in North Korea.

Cali_Democrat
6. You mean Billy Bob who drives a pickup and sports a Conf. flag isn't the sharpest tool in the shed?

Say it ain't so! I'm shocked!

Billy Bob probably doesn't sit at his computer demanding the world give him everything, he's out working and making money to take care of himself.

The reality is, conservatives support a system that has proven good results for over 200 years, meanwhile the left supports a system that has failed every time it has been implemented. Yes we be stooopid!!!!

[diesel driver]

Cali_Democrat
6. You mean Billy Bob who drives a pickup and sports a Conf. flag isn't the sharpest tool in the shed?

Say it ain't so! I'm shocked!

How about the diesel driver who drives a pickup, sports a Confederate (since you can't seem to spell it) flag, and has a college degree, a library card, and a CCW.  He needs government like a drowning man needs an anvil.

DUmmies, OTOH, need some government bureaucracy to pick their noses for them.

I may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but I don't profess to be, and at least I can use the "spell check".

[MrsSmith]

We've seen over and over their insane prejudice against Christians, conservatives, rural people, those in "Flyover Jesusland," and anyone else that doesn't buy their talking points and kiss their behinds while doing so.  The only reason any college professor would connect prejudice with conservative beliefs is because he is himself too prejudiced to do any kind of study on it.   

[MrsSmith]

My primary research interests examine intergroup processes related to prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination. In particular, I am interested in: (a) subtle expressions of prejudice, such as aversive racism; (b) individual differences in prejudice, such as social dominance orientation and right-wing authoritarianism; (c) resistance to immigrants and immigration; (d) perceived group threat; (e) intergroup emotions, such as disgust and anxiety; (e) outgroup dehumanization; and (f) the benefits of intergroup contact and cross-group friendship for prejudice reduction.

  http://hodson.socialpsychology.org/


I rest my case. 
 
When you start your research with a prejudiced, biased foundation, guess what you'll "prove."      Too bad he's in Canada, if he were in the US perhaps we could find some way to talk his college into hiring someone that wasn't such a bigot.

[franksolich]

So.....is this low IQ thing why the primitives are so prejudiced?

[WinOne4TheGipper]

So.....is this low IQ thing why the primitives are so prejudiced?

No, coach.  They're the smartest people in the room, at least in their own minds.  They can't be prejudiced against Christians, blacks who leave the democrat plantation, and southern white men.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

  http://hodson.socialpsychology.org/


I rest my case. 
 
When you start your research with a prejudiced, biased foundation, guess what you'll "prove."      Too bad he's in Canada, if he were in the US perhaps we could find some way to talk his college into hiring someone that wasn't such a bigot.

I think the term "garbage in, garbage out" applies.

[catsmtrods]

http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2008/09/modern_liberali.php

[franksolich]

Now, this is funny.

This is rib-tickling hilarious.

Gman

1. It's why they can't do shades of gray

they need the structure. If we had N Korea's government, they would be happy because they have to have someone to worship, have to have someone to hate and blame, and someone to make them feel superior in their subservience.

It's why successful revolutions often involve locking up the intellectuals.

Of course we didn't need a poll to tell us this.

Man, if that doesn't describe the primitives on Skins's island to a tee, then I'm Chinese.

[Freeper]

I am interested in: (a) subtle expressions of prejudice, such as aversive racism; Racism as defined by liberals, not actual racism

(b) individual differences in prejudice, such as social dominance orientation and right-wing authoritarianism; The left is based on authoritarianism just look at the policies they support.

(c) resistance to immigrants and immigration;Wrong, we have no problem with immigrants, all we ask is you follow the rules when doing so

(d) perceived group threat; The threats are not perceived, they are real. So real that the twin towers came tumbling down, so real that our president is trying to fundamentally change America

(e) intergroup emotions, such as disgust and anxiety; Find me one group without those characteristics in fact you are doing that now.

(e) outgroup dehumanization; Like you are attempting to do to the right wing


and (f) the benefits of intergroup contact and cross-group friendship for prejudice reduction. We don't live in a bubble and only ever interact with white people

[Celtic Rose]

So, basically he redefined "conservative", found that those new "conservative" qualities corresponded to a low IQ, then created a scientific paper.  And the DUmmies use this as their evidence 

[JohnnyReb]

Yes, conservatives are DUmb...they work, they save, they invest, they try, they strive to take care of themselves while asking nothing of others, all the while the "intelligent elite" sit on their ass and suck them dry.

[jtyangel]

Maybe there is something to this, one of the biggest BLACK bigots I know is a female who is conservative in her beliefs(although she voted for Obama based on the ridiculous self identifying with color of skin only that goes on with blacks) and she is a moron.


I think the real cause of bigotry is the exclusivity that some people have with the group they identify with and that is not just a WHITE problem. In fact 93% of blacks voting for a fellow(half) black tells me that problem is more rampant in 'minority' communities then any other, but I suppose I'm digressing a little. 

[Rebel]

http://ironshrink.com/2010/04/are-liberals-more-intelligent-than-conservatives-another-broken-study-says-it-is-so/


Bullshit.

[Rebel]

BTW, if those morons are so uber-intelligent, why is it they can't put two brain cells together to obtain a job?

[JohnnyReb]

BTW, if those morons are so uber-intelligent, why is it they can't put two brain cells together to obtain a job?

Because what intelligence they have is F***ed up by insanity and drugs.

[WinOne4TheGipper]

BTW, if those morons are so uber-intelligent, why is it they can't put two brain cells together to obtain a job?

A job is something that a stupid conservative gets because he's not smart enough to leech off of the government./DUmode

[jtyangel]

BTW, if those morons are so uber-intelligent, why is it they can't put two brain cells together to obtain a job?

Because that has nothing to do with intelligence and everything to do with their liberal snobbery that prevents them from taking jobs they view as 'beneath them'.

[USA4ME]

Gman

1. It's why they can't do shades of gray

This is a completely stupid statement.  As a conservative, I can see 10,000 shades of gray on various topics.  It's because of my ability to do that which allows me to also make note when a particular issue is, in fact, black and white.

Not so with liberals.  Once they see shades of grey, the concept that something can actually be either black or white is completely erased from consideration, one main reason why they so often reach inaccurate conclusions.

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[Karin]

Why can't they employ their world-famous Critical Thinking Skills, and recognize junk, pseudo science, deeply flawed methodology, and foregone conclusions when they see them?  Tell me, DUmmies. 

[Boudicca]

BTW, if those morons are so uber-intelligent, why is it they can't put two brain cells together to obtain a job?

Because their two (2 1/2 for the more intelligent ones) brain cells are rubbing the other two percenters' brain cells to find ways to dig into Obama's taxpayer funded stash.  Being a professional mooch is hard work, Rebel.

[Maxiest]

BTW, if those morons are so uber-intelligent, why is it they can't put two brain cells together to obtain a job?

I am not the sharpest knife in the bunch, but I think it may be because a job requires work.

[jukin]

Anytime any DUchebag wants to have an IQ test, I'm here and will spot them 50 points.  Anytime.

[miskie]

Apparently, the sooper geeenusses that are the primitives didn't actually bother to read the linked article beyond the headline.

Hodson and Busseri's explanation of their findings is reasonable, Nosek said, but it is correlational. That means the researchers didn't conclusively prove that the low intelligence caused the later prejudice. To do that, you'd have to somehow randomly assign otherwise identical people to be smart or dumb, liberal or conservative. Those sorts of studies obviously aren't possible.

 The researchers controlled for factors such as education and socioeconomic status, making their case stronger, Nosek said. But there are other possible explanations that fit the data. For example, Nosek said, a study of left-wing liberals with stereotypically naïve views like "every kid is a genius in his or her own way," might find that people who hold these attitudes are also less bright. In other words, it might not be a particular ideology that is linked to stupidity, but extremist views in general.

 "My speculation is that it's not as simple as their model presents it," Nosek said. "I think that lower cognitive capacity can lead to multiple simple ways to represent the world, and one of those can be embodied in a right-wing ideology where 'People I don't know are threats' and 'The world is a dangerous place'. ... Another simple way would be to just assume everybody is wonderful."

[catsmtrods]

  In a survival situation witch one dies first? The smart one or the conservative?