High-RWA contradiction stems from compartmentalized thinking, not mere yea-saying

Evidence

If you are one of the heroes who read the methodology chapter of this book, you know that we again have here the bane of poor, honest test developers: High RWAs’ tendency to yea-say. But yea-saying does not flow just from confusion or apathy. It can also come from a tendency to “‘think out of both sides of our heads.” The authoritarian with compartmentalized thinking can piously agree that life treats many unfairly and yet also believe that everyone in America has equal opportunity. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1230

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces compartmentalized thinking as a mechanism behind High RWA attitudinal inconsistency.