Someone a while back said that US academics are probably "middle of the road" compared to academics in other countries and the general public in many European countries. I split this into two dimensions:
Economic issues: (Low taxes, no government regulation, anti-union) ----- (High taxes, government regulation, pro-union) Social issues: (against gay marriage/against marijuana decriminalization) ----- (gay marriage/for marijuana decriminalization) But the social dimension is tricky i think. There are lots of sub-topics that can divide us in unpredictable directions like belief in environmental interventions and PC language. The US _used_ to have blue dog Democrats who were liberal economically but conservative socially. They are all gone now; the US seems to be organizing along geographic lines (again). If I had 10 seconds to size up a person, I'd ask which is more important: liberty or equality? I go with equality - i.e. Civilization and its Discontents. ========================== John W. Kulig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Coordinator, Psychology Honors Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 ========================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Carter" <marc.car...@bakeru.edu> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 3:00:15 PM Subject: RE: [tips] Psychology and Politics I'm about as liberal as they come. It just seems to me that the liberal world-view fits the data better than any alternative. Especially the "bootstraps" crap that I get tossed at me. (Fundamental attribution error? Locus of control? All those things seem to support the idea of a strong social safety net rather than a lecture on how people don't try hard enough.) m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- From: Carol DeVolder [mailto:devoldercar...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 7:17 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Psychology and Politics I'm pretty darned liberal. On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 6:46 PM, Beth Benoit < beth.ben...@gmail.com > wrote: Michael alerted me back channel that not many from TIPS have responded. I think this is an interesting bit of news: i.e., are psychology profs more likely to be liberal or conservative. What say you, colleagues? I'm quite liberal. Anyone else willing to admit to one side or the other? Beth Benoit Plymouth State University Plymouth, New Hampshire On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Michael Britt < mich...@thepsychfiles.com > wrote: After reading articles like this one: "...90.6 percent of social and personality psychologists describe themselves as liberal on social issues (compared with 3.9 percent who describe themselves as conservative), and 63.2 percent describe themselves as liberal on economic issues (compared with 10.3 percent who describe themselves as conservative)." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jarryd-willis/polarized-psychology-is-science-devalued-in-a-divided-society_b_4839207.html one of my Psych Files facebook members asks, "Are most psychologists liberal? Does the liberal mindset affect the way Psychology is understood and even taught?". Good questions. Are we all mostly liberal? Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: @mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: beth.ben...@gmail.com . 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