Abstract
The purpose of this quantitative survey research study was to explore educational preferences among individuals of conservative and liberal political orientation and of both genders in the United States of America with a 13-questionnaire survey that includes questions relating to different educational preferences. The literature review has revealed previously conducted research study that suggest that individuals of conservative and liberal political orientation may have psychological differences in the domain of emotions, attention, self-control, and cognition. However, the literature review did not reveal research studies that explored educational preferences between individuals with conservative and liberal political orientation in the United States. The results suggest that statistically significant difference exists in the preference to study abroad (χ ² (1, N = 200) = 3.739, p = 0.05). Additional differences, but without a statistically significant differences, were found in the preferences to read fiction and non-fiction genre, perform physically and non-physically challenging activities, perform reading and written assignments, and study in instructional settings where ration between the teachers and technology is uneven.
Highlights
Individuals of conservative and liberal political orientation tend to provide different opinions about social issues, including fiscal policy, monetary policy, national security, immigration, education, foreign relations, and other (Conway III et al, 2016)
The purpose of this quantitative survey research study was to explore educational preferences among individuals of conservative and liberal political orientation and of both genders in the United States of America with a 13-questionnaire survey that includes questions relating to different educational preferences
The literature review has revealed previously conducted research study that suggest that individuals of conservative and liberal political orientation may have psychological differences in the domain of emotions, attention, self-control, and cognition
Summary
Individuals of conservative and liberal political orientation tend to provide different opinions about social issues, including fiscal policy, monetary policy, national security, immigration, education, foreign relations, and other (Conway III et al, 2016). According to the Kanai et al (2011), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans reveal that young individuals with liberal political orientation show increased gray matter volume in the anterior cingulate cortex while young individuals with conservative political orientation show increased gray matter volume in the amygdala. These brain differences between individuals with conservative and liberal political orientations were further confirmed by Schreiber et al (2013). In addition to anatomical brain differences, research studies suggest that individuals of conservative and liberal political orientation may differ in their emotions, especially in their relation to fear and feeling of security and disgust. A research study by Inbar and Pizzaro (2016) suggests that conservative political orientation may be linked with higher sensitivity to disgust whereas the research study by Oosterhoff et al (2018) found similar results suggesting that the individuals of conservative political orientation may feel, and not be afraid to express their feelings of disgust when faced with insanitary conditions
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