07.02.2016 |
written by Lucian Gideon Conway III
Are conservatives really simple-minded?
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political ideology / conservatives / simple-minded / complexity
Are conservatives really simple-minded?
The current consensus in psychology is that political conservatives are uniquely simple-minded. Indeed, even the famous critic of political bias and Heterodox contributor Jonathan Haidt (and colleagues) suggested that there is a “consistent difference between liberals and conservatives” on several measurements related to cognitive complexity (Joseph, Graham, & Haidt, 2009, p. 176). / more