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Is anti-intellectualism a personality trait?
1Department of Educational Studies, College of Education, Ohio University, Athens 45701-2979, USA.
Psychological Reports
|June 14, 2002
Abstract:
In interpreting empirical findings from studies to validate an anti-intellectualism scale, Eigenberger and Sealander suggest that anti-intellectualism might be a heritable trait related to "openness to experience." This brief article offers a rejoinder, arguing that anti-intellectualism makes sense as a cultural perspective that varies by time and place.