Anti-intellectualism and political ideology in a sample of undergraduate and graduate students

Psychological Reports

Volumn 101, Issue 3 II, 2007, Pages 1050-1056

  Laverghetta, Antonio ^a   Stewart, Juliana ^a   Weinstein, Lawrence ^a  

^a CAMERON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CULTURE; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVISM; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS;

EID: 39649117146     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.101.4.1050-1056     Document Type: Article

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