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Hyroglyphx
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Message 66 of 181 (538319)
12-05-2009 3:06 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Percy
03-07-2009 9:10 AM


Test scores
[color=gray]The lowest total possible would be 20, and the highest, 180, but real scores are almost never that extreme. Introductory psychology students at my Canadian university average about 75. Their parents average about 90. Both scores are below the mid-point of the scale, which is 100, so most people in these groups are not authoritarian followers in absolute terms. Neither are most Americans, it seems. - pg. 14 "The Authoritarians"[/color=gray]
I scored an 73.
I'm not too keen on the verbiage though. It seemed to be primarily focused around religion, but I associated words like "evil" to mean deviant behavior such as crime.
Am I missing something here?
Edited by Hyroglyphx, : No reason given.

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." --John Adams

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Hyroglyphx
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Message 68 of 181 (538461)
12-07-2009 9:13 AM
Reply to: Message 67 by DevilsAdvocate
12-05-2009 6:07 PM


I scored 23%, reasonably average on the RWA test.
Wouldn't a really high score mean totalitarianism and a really low score mean anarchism as being the two extremes of the spectrum?
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Hyroglyphx
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Message 95 of 181 (568348)
07-05-2010 9:59 AM
Reply to: Message 75 by AZPaul3
07-02-2010 4:10 AM


Do you believe people are not aware of their differences in view point to the extent they will alway miss label themselves? Or is their label choice based upon their assessment of the majority of their views?
I find that most people are simply disinterested with politics altogether. A very large percentage of the population really doesn't even understand what the terms liberal or conservative mean, or if they do, they have a vague understanding.
While EvC is a microcosm of society, I think EvC attracts enough cerebral and decently informed people that we wouldn't have that issue here, but there are an astonishing amount of uninformed and/or apathetic people walking amongst us.
These are the people that politicians target the most; that they'll whisper sweet nothings in their ear to gain their trust.

"Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it" -- Thomas Paine

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Hyroglyphx
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Message 96 of 181 (568351)
07-05-2010 10:08 AM
Reply to: Message 85 by Huntard
07-04-2010 5:12 PM


Re: the political box 2D spectrum is a better picture
Although I did find some question " unanswerable", because my view was a bit more nuanced.
I found the same problem with the test. I found some objections to the verbiage which seemed to all but force it to be unanswerable.

"Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it" -- Thomas Paine

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Hyroglyphx
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Message 97 of 181 (568352)
07-05-2010 10:11 AM
Reply to: Message 93 by RAZD
07-05-2010 4:19 AM


Re: Compiled political box 2D spectrum picture ... so far
Where are you guys accessing this grid test?

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Hyroglyphx
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Message 101 of 181 (568363)
07-05-2010 10:50 AM



  
Hyroglyphx
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Message 105 of 181 (568367)
07-05-2010 11:16 AM


Not one authoritarian minded soul yet, either rightwing or leftwing. Everyone seems libertarian for social aspects. The only real considerable deviation is left/right on economic policies.

"Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it" -- Thomas Paine

  
Hyroglyphx
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Message 110 of 181 (568413)
07-05-2010 6:40 PM
Reply to: Message 108 by Percy
07-05-2010 3:58 PM


Re: My Score
That's not even authoritarian rightwing, that's like Hitler and Mussolini fusing DNA to become this hideous, rightwing chimera.

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