Education rather than raw intelligence lowers authoritarianism scores

Evidence

Christie found that in the various studies that have been reported the size of the correlation increased as the range increased. For this reason he argues that −. to − . is a reasonable estimate for correlations based on a full range on both IQ and F scores. IQ and years of education are themselves positively correlated. Christie estimates that with education partialed out the correlation between intelligence and F scores is only about −.20. It seems to be chiefly education or cultural sophistication, rather than intelligence per se that reduces authoritarianism. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 626

Categorization

• SEED: Angles: ‘authoritarianism is an education problem not an intelligence problem’ — a counterintuitive reframing useful for policy-adjacent writing about political belief formation.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 626
• XREF: connects to: West German students showed more authoritarian than democratic latent political potential — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2349