Study Suggests Smart Kids Grow Up To Be Liberal
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Children who show innate intelligence tend to hold liberal social beliefs as adults, suggests British research.
A sample of 7,070 Britons born in 1970 were measured for general intelligence (g) at age ten and surveyed on their social attitudes at age 30. Statistical analysis showed a strong correlation between high intelligence and being "antiracist, pro-working women, socially liberal, and trusting in the democratic political system" as adults. Not surprisingly, educational quality did play a part in this relationship, but did not fully account for the correlation. Social class, however, did not appear to mediate social beliefs. ABSTRACT: Bright Children Become Enlightened Adults SHARE:
Posted In: Intelligence | Tags: Attitudes | G | Intelligence | Liberal | Social | Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff on January 16, 2008 at 06:12 AM | Permalink |
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