3 Posts found for Source: Futurity

Since the 1950s, political scientists have theorized that political polarization—increased numbers of “political partisans” who view the world with an ideological bias—is associated with an inability to tolerate uncertainty and a need to hold predictable beliefs about the world.

But little is known about the biological mechanisms through which such biased perceptions arise.

To investigate that question, scientists measured and compared the brain activity of committed partisans … [ Read more ]

Authors: Corrie Pikul-Brown, David J. Halpern, Jeroen van Baar, Oriel FeldmanHall | Source: Futurity (May 14, 2021) | Subjects: Excerpts, Politics & Public Policy, Psychology | Behavior

From its post-World War II genesis, modern white evangelicalism was more than just a movement for supposed Biblical and theological fidelity and purity. It also involved broader political commitments, including Christian nationalism, white racial purity, patriarchal families, laissez-faire capitalism, and virulent anti-statism—opposing intervention by the state into personal, social and economic affairs—only when it appears federal government support will upset the aforementioned social order.

As a … [ Read more ]

Author: Lerone A. Martin | Source: Futurity | Subjects: Politics & Public Policy, Religion

Researchers have created a new way to classify arrogance on different levels across a spectrum.

The team acknowledges everyone seems to have some degree of arrogance, so in addition to the literature review, the researchers suggest a way to classify the different levels of arrogance a person could exhibit.

The team devised a system that identifies three types of arrogance:

• Individual arrogance—an inflated

… [ Read more ]

Author: Eric Stann | Source: Futurity (October 22, 2019) | Subjects: Attitude, Character, Psychology | Behavior