[web-heads] ScienceDirect - Intelligence : Conservatism and cognitive ability

[Gene Spafford <spaf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Conservatism and cognitive ability

Lazar Stankov

National Institute of Education (NIE), 1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore


Abstract
Conservatism and cognitive ability are negatively correlated. The  
evidence is based on 1254 community college students and 1600 foreign  
students seeking entry to United States' universities. At the  
individual level of analysis, conservatism scores correlate negatively  
with SAT, Vocabulary, and Analogy test scores. At the national level  
of analysis, conservatism scores correlate negatively with measures of  
education (e.g., gross enrollment at primary, secondary, and tertiary  
levels) and performance on mathematics and reading assessments from  
the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) project.  
They also correlate with components of the Failed States Index and  
several other measures of economic and political development of  
nations. Conservatism scores have higher correlations with economic  
and political measures than estimated IQ scores.

Keywords: Conservatism; Intelligence; Multi-level


doi:10.1016/j.intell.2008.12.007

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