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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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Maybe Some, But Not All
by Bob Gormley on Saturday, Jan 28, 2012 at 2:28:20 PM
Simple explanation
by Frank Silbermann on Saturday, Jan 28, 2012 at 8:55:21 PM
simple answers for complex problems.
by zzz05 on Saturday, Jan 28, 2012 at 11:43:40 PM