Bright Children Become Enlightened Adults
@article{Deary2008BrightCB, title={Bright Children Become Enlightened Adults}, author={I. Deary and G. Batty and C. Gale}, journal={Psychological Science}, year={2008}, volume={19}, pages={1 - 6} }
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, proworking 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… Expand
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