Blackwell Synergy: J Appl Social Pyschol, Vol 32, Issue 5, pp. 965-976: Explaining Conservative Beliefs and Political Preferences: A Comparison of Soc

Blackwell Synergy: J Appl Social Pyschol, Vol 32, Issue 5, pp. 965-976: Explaining Conservative Beliefs and Political Preferences: A Comparison of Social Dominance Orientation and Authoritarianism (Abstract): "Explaining Conservative Beliefs and Political Preferences: A Comparison of Social Dominance Orientation and Authoritarianism
Alain Van Hiel11 AND Ivan Mervielde1

The present study compares the predictive validity of the Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) scale and various measures of authoritarianism, conservative beliefs, and political preferences. In accordance with previous studies, SDO and authoritarianism independently predicted conservative beliefs. Political preferences and extreme right-wing voting was best predicted by SDO. Unlike previous research, high positive correlations between SDO and the various authoritarianism scales were found. The relationship between SDO and authoritarianism is discussed."

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Entrez PubMed: "The effects of sex steroids on spatial performance: a review and an experimental clinical investigation.

Liben LS, Susman EJ, Finkelstein JW, Chinchilli VM, Kunselman S, Schwab J, Dubas JS, Demers LM, Lookingbill G, Darcangelo MR, Krogh HR, Kulin HE.

Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA. liben@psu.edu

Males typically surpass females in spatial performance, an outcome that may be linked to testosterone and estrogen. The authors (a) review physiological mechanisms, developmental periods, and past empirical work relevant to sex steroids' effects on human spatial performance and (b) report an experimental study of the role of actively circulating sex steroids in adolescents being treated for delayed puberty (N = 55; mean age = 13.70 years). Sex steroids (simulating early, middle, and late puberty) and placebos were given alternately over 21 months and spatial tests were given every 3 months. Spatial performance showed traditional sex differences but did not vary with levels of actively circulating sex steroids.
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The Conservatism-Liberalism (Conservative-Liberal) Scale

The Conservatism-Liberalism (Conservative-Liberal) Scale: "Mehrabian (1996) reported studies bearing on the Conservatism-Liberalism (Conservative-Liberal) Scale and its reliability and validity. Please read that article if you plan on using the Conservatism-Liberalism Scale.

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References:
Mehrabian, A. (1996). Relations among political attitudes, personality, and psychopathology assessed with new measures of libertarianism and conservatism. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 18, 469-491.

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