Linking Genes and Political Orientations: Testing the Cognitive Ability as Mediator Hypothesis
Recent research has demonstrated that genetic differences explain a sizeable fraction of the variance in political orientations, but little is known about the pathways through which genes might affect political preferences. In this article, we use a uniquely assembled dataset of almost 1,000 Swedish male twin pairs containing detailed information on ...
OSKARSSON, Sven +6 more
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Cognitive ability and socio-political beliefs and attitudes
The contribution of this thesis is to demonstrate the importance of cognitive ability (and psychometric traits in general) for understanding the distribution of socio-political beliefs and attitudes within society. For at least the past hundred years, sociologists have sought to explain social phenomena primarily, or indeed exclusively, with reference ...
Noah Carl, Carl, Noah
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Political Islam and Religiously Motivated Political Extremism [PDF]
This open access book presents an international comparison of religiously motivated extremism in the Arab world and around the globe. Based on data from the Arab Barometer and the World Values Survey, it applies advanced statistical techniques to analyze
Tausch, Arno
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Are neoliberals more susceptible to bullshit? [PDF]
We conducted additional analyses of Pennycook et al.’s (2015, Study 2) data to investigate the possibility that there would be ideological differences in “bullshit receptivity” that would be explained by individual differences in cognitive style and ...
Joanna Sterling +2 more
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Introduction to the Special Issue: Translation in Political Discourse and Global Narratives [PDF]
Translation serves as a potent yet often overlooked force in political discourse, shaping global narratives and mediating information across linguistic and cultural boundaries.
Wang, Binhua, Li, Saihong
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Application of flipped classroom with ideological-political elements in molecular biology course [PDF]
Objective To explore the application effect of the flipped classroom with ideological-political in the molecular biology course. Methods A comparative study was conducted with undergraduates majored in clinical medicine from eight classes in grade 2019
CUI Anfang, LI Xiangling, HUANG Yanhong, MA Xiaolei
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Unfolding the Political Capacities of Design
The aim of this article is to discuss the political capacities of design. The usual way of exploring the relation between design and politics has focused on design’s ability to enfold the political, that is, to inscribe political codes into things ...
Fernando Domínguez Rubio, Uriel Fogué
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Research on Ideological and Political Teaching Reform of Electronic Technology Courses in Vocational and Technical Education Based on CDIO Concept [PDF]
Starting from the actual situation of Ideological and political teaching of electronic technology courses and based on the CDIO Engineering Education Concept, this paper deeply excavates the ideological and political elements in the theoretical teaching ...
Qi Li-hua +3 more
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Cognitive ability and political preferences in Denmark
Multiple studies have reported positive relationships between cognitive ability and preferences for freedom, both at the personal level (e.g. drug use) and the economic (e.g. smaller government). To add to this, we investigated the relationships between cognitive ability and multi-dimensional political preferences in a Danish general population sample (
Emil O. W. Kirkegaard +2 more
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The Practice of Political Entrepreneurship in a Rural Javanese Village [PDF]
This qualitative case study aims to explore the practice of political entrepreneurship in a rural Javanese village. Political entrepreneurship is dictated by the special interest of political entrepreneurs, incentives gained from the political system ...
Wawan Sobari, Sobari, Wawan
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