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Publication Date: 2010
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Why Liberals and Atheists Are More Intelligent
Kanazawa, Satoshi
Social Psychology Quarterly, v73 n1 p33-57 2010
The origin of values and preferences is an unresolved theoretical question in behavioral and social sciences. The Savanna-IQ Interaction Hypothesis, derived from the Savanna Principle and a theory of the evolution of general intelligence, suggests that more intelligent individuals may be more likely to acquire and espouse evolutionarily novel values and preferences (such as liberalism and atheism and, for men, sexual exclusivity) than less intelligent individuals, but that general intelligence may have no effect on the acquisition and espousal of evolutionarily familiar values (for children, marriage, family, and friends). The analyses of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Study 1) and the General Social Surveys (Study 2) show that adolescent and adult intelligence significantly increases adult liberalism, atheism, and men's (but not women's) value on sexual exclusivity. (Contains 4 footnotes, 4 tables, and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Intelligence, Political Attitudes, Social Sciences, Sexuality, Gender Differences, Religious Factors, Evolution, Adolescents, Adjustment (to Environment), Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Familiarity, Brain, Social Influences, Social Values, Young Adults, Ideology
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: General Social Survey; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
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