"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."
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."
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Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice - Yahoo! News (via brooklynmutt)
Well, no. Let’s not use the same logic that tried to say black people were dumb because of their population IQ scores. This is bad analysis for the same reason The Bell Curve was. Just a roundup:
1. IQ does not measure intelligence. It measures “intelligence”, a loaded word
2. IQ correlates strongly to socioeconomic status, as critics of TBC pointed out at length.
3. Previous studies have shown socioeconomic status and last-place aversion drive prejudiced views - this study likely just confirmed by misinterpreting the equality of IQ test results
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