Bright children become enlightened adults
Deary, Ian J., Batty, G. David and Gale, Catharine R. (2008) Bright children become enlightened adults. Psychological Science, 19, (1), 1-6. (doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02036.x).
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We examined the prospective association between general intelligence (g) at age 10 and liberal and antitraditional social attitudes at age 30 in a large (N= 7,070), representative sample of the British population born in 1970. Statistical analyses identified a general latent trait underlying attitudes that are antiracist, pro-working women, socially liberal, and trusting in the democratic political system. There was a strong association between higher g at age 10 and more liberal and antitraditional attitudes at age 30; this association was mediated partly via educational qualifications, but not at all via occupational social class. Very similar results were obtained for men and women. People in less professional occupations-and whose parents had been in less professional occupations-were less trusting of the democratic political system. This study confirms social attitudes as a major, novel field of adult human activity that is related to childhood intelligence differences.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0956-7976 (print) |
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| Keywords: | parents, men, intelligence, social class, human, adult, childhood, women, activity, psychology |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine |
| Item ID: | 61057 |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Sep 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 17:09 |
| Contributors: | Deary, Ian J. (Author) Batty, G. David (Author) Gale, Catharine R. (Author) |
| Date: | January 2008 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/61057 |
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