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A SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION for Racism and Prejudice: Low IQ Combined with Social Conservatism

 
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A SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION for Racism and Prejudice: Low IQ Combined with Social Conservatism
Without casting aspersions on those among us who may be intellectually challenged, this provides at least one piece of scientific evidence of something we’ve known for a long time: bigots and homophobes are just not too bright.

“Despite their important implications for interpersonal behaviors and relations, cognitive abilities have been largely ignored as explanations of prejudice. We proposed and tested mediation models in which lower cognitive ability predicts greater prejudice, an effect mediated through the endorsement of right-wing ideologies (social conservatism, right-wing authoritarianism) and low levels of contact with out-groups. In an analysis of two large-scale, nationally representative United Kingdom data sets (N = 15,874), we found that lower general intelligence (g) in childhood predicts greater racism in adulthood, and this effect was largely mediated via conservative ideology. A secondary analysis of a U.S. data set confirmed a predictive effect of poor abstract-reasoning skills on antihomosexual prejudice, a relation partially mediated by both authoritarianism and low levels of intergroup contact. All analyses controlled for education and socioeconomic status. Our results suggest that cognitive abilities play a critical, albeit underappreciated, role in prejudice.”

From Psychological Science Journal – go to link and click right side of page to read full text.
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