Whitey Ford
09-06-2019, 11:19 PM
And I'm sure that this study was completely and totally unbiased.
Study links lower emotional intelligence to prejudiced, right-wing views
The study is among the first to explore the relationship between emotional abilities, political ideologies, and prejudice.
Psychologists have long been interested in how personality traits and cognitive abilities relate to political ideologies and prejudice. Past research, for example, has shown that people with lower cognitive abilities are more likely to hold right-wing and prejudiced attitudes. But relatively few studies have examined how emotional intelligence factors into the mix.
The new study, published in the journal Emotion, is one of the first to show that people with deficits in emotional abilities — like people with deficits in cognitive abilities — are more likely to hold right-wing and prejudiced views.
The results echo those of a similar 2017 study, which indicated that people who scored lower in trait Emotional Intelligence were more likely to hold right-wing and subtly racist views. Why? People with lower emotional intelligence have less empathy and are less able to assume the perspective of others, the authors suggested.
https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/emotional-intelligence-conservative?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1
You can find the original study here:
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2018-41368-001
Study links lower emotional intelligence to prejudiced, right-wing views
The study is among the first to explore the relationship between emotional abilities, political ideologies, and prejudice.
Psychologists have long been interested in how personality traits and cognitive abilities relate to political ideologies and prejudice. Past research, for example, has shown that people with lower cognitive abilities are more likely to hold right-wing and prejudiced attitudes. But relatively few studies have examined how emotional intelligence factors into the mix.
The new study, published in the journal Emotion, is one of the first to show that people with deficits in emotional abilities — like people with deficits in cognitive abilities — are more likely to hold right-wing and prejudiced views.
The results echo those of a similar 2017 study, which indicated that people who scored lower in trait Emotional Intelligence were more likely to hold right-wing and subtly racist views. Why? People with lower emotional intelligence have less empathy and are less able to assume the perspective of others, the authors suggested.
https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/emotional-intelligence-conservative?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1
You can find the original study here:
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2018-41368-001