Revisiting the link between low verbal intelligence and ideology

Intelligence

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-216

  Leeson, Peter ^a   Heaven, Patrick C L ^a   Ciarrochi, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

General personality factor; Ideology; Intelligence; Right wing authoritarianism; Social dominance orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858081595     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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