Right-wing authoritarianism is negatively associated with cognitive complexity

Evidence

In a series of studies involving over a thousand students, Hunsberger and his associates (for example, Hunsberger, Pratt, and Pancer, 1994) have found that RWA scores correlate about —. to —. with cognitive complexity (Baker-Brown et al., 1992). — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 582

Categorization

• XREF: Cognitive rigidity as mechanism recalls the George (authoritarianism and hostility toward out-groups) and Osborne (perceived threat) chapters in this same vault lineage, plus broader information-processing findings.