Taken from the chapter in his book The Believing Brain on the psychology of political beliefs, Dr. Shermer considers how belief systems operate in the realm of politics, economics, and ideologies. He reviews the research on why people vote Republican or Democrat, why we are so predictable in our political beliefs that if you know where someone stands on, say, abortion, you can predict where they stand on a number of other political issues, and what these political beliefs say about the nature of human nature.
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Topics addressed: critical thinking and skepticism • morality
Resource type: powerpoint and keynote presentations
Academic discipline: neuroscience • psychology • sociology and/or anthropology
Academic level: college and university
Resource type: powerpoint and keynote presentations
Academic discipline: neuroscience • psychology • sociology and/or anthropology
Academic level: college and university
