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Liberals exhibit more Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) thinking styles than conservatives. Analytical thinking training shifted opinions toward liberalism, while holistic training shifted them toward conservatism.

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  • Psychology
  • Cultural Psychology
  • Political Psychology

Background:

  • The WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) model highlights psychological outliers in global populations.
  • Understanding cognitive differences across political ideologies is crucial for social science.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether liberals or conservatives exhibit more WEIRD thinking patterns.
  • To explore the relationship between analytical/holistic thinking and political ideology.
  • To examine the impact of cognitive training on political opinion formation.

Main Methods:

  • Five studies involving over 5,000 participants.
  • Cross-cultural replication in China, focusing on modernized urban centers.
  • Cognitive training interventions (analytical vs. holistic thinking).

Main Results:

  • Liberals demonstrated significantly more analytical (WEIRD) thinking than moderates and conservatives.
  • This WEIRD thinking pattern was replicated in modernized urban China.
  • Analytical thinking training promoted liberal opinions, while holistic training promoted conservative opinions.

Conclusions:

  • Political liberals and conservatives within the same society may exhibit distinct cognitive styles, akin to different cultural groups.
  • Cognitive processes, specifically analytical and holistic thinking, are linked to political ideology.
  • Interventions can influence political orientation by altering cognitive styles.