correction Sam rarely reads something if it goes against his ideology.
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > Sam does read if the item in question goes against his ideological biases > haven't you noticed? > > I think that is a fundamental difference between those on the left and > right wings. Those on the left at least can handle nuanced logic that > requires thinking. > > http://psp.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/03/16/0146167212439213.abstract > > Low-Effort Thought Promotes Political Conservatism. Scott Eidelman, > Christian S. Crandall, Jeffrey A. Goodman & John C. Blanchar (2012). > Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin June 2012 vol. 38 no. 6, pp > 808-820 > Abstract > The authors test the hypothesis that low-effort thought promotes political > conservatism. In Study 1, alcohol intoxication was measured among bar > patrons; as blood alcohol level increased, so did political conservatism > (controlling for sex, education, and political identification). In Study 2, > participants under cognitive load reported more conservative attitudes than > their no-load counterparts. In Study 3, time pressure increased > participantsÂ’ endorsement of conservative terms. In Study 4, participants > considering political terms in a cursory manner endorsed conservative terms > more than those asked to cogitate; an indicator of effortful thought > (recognition memory) partially mediated the relationship between processing > effort and conservatism. Together these data suggest that political > conservatism may be a process consequence of low-effort thought; when > effortful, deliberate thought is disengaged, endorsement of conservative > ideology increases. > > btw you can get the full study here: > > http://2012election.procon.org/sourcefiles/low-effort-thought-promotes-political-conservatism-2012.pdf > > > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> As usual, you aren't debunking, simply insulting. If you actually have any >> proof the argument is poor, present it. >> >> And boxing reporter? Where did you come up with that? >> >> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> > That's your rebuttal? A boxing reporter disagreeing in an article for a >> > cable channel? >> > >> > Do I really need to waste time pointing out how poor his argument is? >> > >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362612 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
