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Religion and Politics Flashcards

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Religion - Personality, Wink et al 2007

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High Agreeableness results in a want for social harmony and belief in a protective God
High Conscientiousness results in a disciplined nature, searching for meaningful life

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Religion - Personality, McCollagh et al 2013

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Strength of adult religion depends on personality

If raised as religious, .4 correlation to adulthood

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Religion - Personality, McCollagh et al 2013, Confident children

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.3 correlation to adulthood

Stable and optimistic outlook, criticise views

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Religion - Personality, McCollagh et al 2013, Insecure children

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.5 correlation to adulthood

Pessimistic and moody, will avoid conflict

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Religion - Personality, Altemeyer & Hunsberger 1992

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Believers were not raised as religious but become religious later, converting after personal crisis

Apostates were raised as religious but dropped religion later, converting after reflection and critcism

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Religion - Change & Stability, McCollagh et al 2005

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.55 over 57 years
.62 - .92 over 5 - 17 years old

19% increase in religiosity
41% decrease in religiosity
40% decrease then increase in religiosity

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Religion - Life Outcomes, Life Satisfaction, Soloman et al 2005

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Increased intrinsic religiosity and prayer correlates to increased life satsifaction
High social support and optimism moderate this relationship

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Religion - Life Outcomes, Health and Longevity, McCollagh et al 2000

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25% less likely to die if religious

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Religion - Personality, Saraglou 2010, Personal Relgiosity

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Agreeableness .19

Conscientiousness .16

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Religion - Personality, Saraglou 2010, Spiritualism

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Positive correlation to Openness to Experience

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Religion - Personality, Saraglou 2010, Fundamentalism

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Positive correlation to Authoritarianism

Negative correlation to Openness to Experience

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Origins - Evolution, Religion

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Increase religiosity and tradition result in conformation to authority, keeping a safe hierarchy of control

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Origins - Evolution, Genetics and Environment, Religion, Koenig et al 2005

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Genetics predicts MZ similarity
Environmental effect diminishes during adulthood
Genetic effect increases during adulthood

MZ .70 to .60
DZ .60 to .40

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Origins - Evolution, Genetics and Environment, Politics, Abrahamson, Baker & Caspi 2002

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Political attitudes

h2 .12
r .40

Effects of shared environment

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Origins - Evolution, Genetics and Environment, Politics, Eaves et al 1997

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Political conservatism

MZ .50 to .60
DZ .40 to .50

Shared environmental effect during adolescence
Genetic effect during adulthood

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Politics - Personality, Schwartz

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SDO correlates to self-enhancement

RWA correlates to conservatism

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Politics - Personality, Lee et al 2010

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SDO correlates positively to self-transcendance, negatively to Honesty-Humility
RWA correlates negatively to Openness to Experience

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Politics - Personality, Sibley & Duckitt 2008

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Meta-analysis of 71 studies

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Politics - Personality, Sibley & Duckitt 2008, RWA

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Negatively correlated to Honesty-Humuility, Openness to Experience
Positively correlated to Conscientiousness

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Politics - Personality, Sibley & Duckitt 2008, SDO

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Negatively correlated to Agreeableness, Openness to Experience
Positively correlated to Conscientiouness (less so than RWA)

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Politics - Duckitt 2001

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Model of RWA and SDO relations

If the world is perceived as threatening and individuals want conformity, they have high RWA
If the world is perceived as competitive and individuals are tough-minded, they have high SDO

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Politics - Authoritarianism

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Correlates to anti-democracy, ethnocentrism and conservatism
Harsh punitive parenting and rigid values create hostility towards others

Adorno 1947 developed F-scale

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Politics - Right Wing Authoritarianism

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Correlates to willingness to give harsh punishments, approve liberty restrictions, ethnocentricism, homophobia

Measured by authoritarian aggression, authoritarian submission and conventionalism

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Politics - Social Dominance Orientation

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Pratto et al 1994

A want for hierarchical order, prescribed through minority discrimination

Shows weak correlation to authoritarian submission

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Politics - Change and Stability

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Authoritarianism decreases during college by increases during 20 - 30s
Relatively stable across a long time

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Politics - Dhont et al 2014

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Ethnic prejudice and speciesism correlates .34

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