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SUMMARY:Is the child the father of the political man? - Dr. Gary Lewis\, R
 oyal Holloway University of London
DTSTART:20190522T140000Z
DTEND:20190522T150000Z
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CONTACT:Melisa B
DESCRIPTION:Some of the enduring questions in the social sciences concern 
 the origins of our political sentiments. For example\, why do some support
  generous welfare provisions\, whereas others favour minimal government-le
 vel intervention? And why are some advocates for tighter border controls\,
  whereas other embrace immigration as a cultural good? Although the origin
 s of such attitudes almost certainly reflect multiple factors\, individual
  differences in specific personality traits and general intelligence have 
 often been posited as an important driving influence. However the vast maj
 ority of this work has been cross-sectional and thus limits our causal und
 erstandings of these putative links\; that is\, reverse causation (or some
  other causal path) might be at play.\n \nSome of my recent research work 
 has sought to address this gap in knowledge. In this talk I will present r
 esults from studies of two large UK longitudinal cohorts of individuals fo
 r whom measures of childhood temperament and general intelligence\, as wel
 l as adult socio-political attitudes\, were available. The findings strong
 ly indicated that political attitudes are (in part) grounded in early chil
 dhood psychological characteristics\; however\, the results also deviated 
 notably from previous findings in the literature suggesting that new persp
 ectives concerning the origins of political attitudes need to be considere
 d.\n\n_Dr Gary Lewis is a senior lecturer in psychology at Royal Holloway\
 , University of London. His research is broadly concerned with the study o
 f human individual differences and he has specific interests in personalit
 y\, social attitudes\, and social perception. He uses a range of methods t
 o answer questions in these areas\, including neuroimaging\, quantitative 
 genetics\, and behavioural experiments._
LOCATION:Ground Floor Lecture Theatre\, Department of Psychology\, Downing
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