[Paleopsych] Re: paleopsych Digest, Vol 9, Issue 20

[Lynn D. Johnson, Ph.D.]

Misstatement - more people are _married_ in red states; in blu states 
they just live together, so 'divorces' aren't recorded.


Steve Hovland wrote:

>I hear the divorce rate in the red states is
>higher than the blue states :-)
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>Steve Hovland
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>From:	G. Reinhart-Waller [SMTP:waluk at earthlink.net]
>Sent:	Tuesday, February 22, 2005 1:43 PM
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>Of interest is that many older people have grave 
>concerns about their children having difficulty making 
>long-term commitments (see Alice's post below).  If 
>what Steve says (below) is correct, by advising our 
>youths to make political and social commitments, we are 
>in effect brainwashing them into grabbing a 
>conservative mentality.  I wonder if it also follows 
>that those without any commitment are those with 
>liberal mentality.
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>Gerry Reinhart-Waller
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Steve Hovland" <shovland at mindspring.com>
>To: "'Alice Andrews'" <andrewsa at newpaltz.edu>; "'The 
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>>This also touches on the issue of black-and-white
>>versus shades-of-gray mentalities.
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>>The conservative mentality tends to be 
>>black-and-white
>>while the liberal mentality is more shades-of-gray.
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>>Both sides have problems when carried to the extreme.
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>>A conservative can be unbending at a time when it is
>>actually in his self-interest to be flexible, and a 
>>liberal
>>can be unable to commit to a course of action when
>>that is required.
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>>Steve Hovland
>>www.stevehovland.net
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Alice Andrews [SMTP:andrewsa at newpaltz.edu]
>>Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 8:31 PM
>>To: The new improved paleopsych list
>>Subject: Re: [Paleopsych] Re: paleopsych Digest, Vol 
>>9, Issue 20
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>>Hi Gerry,
>>Randy Nesse edited a book called "Evolution and the 
>>Capacity for
>>Commitment"; do you know it? It's wonderful... if you 
>>don't. (His
>>'Commitment in the Clinic' chapter is superb, btw.) 
>>Anyway, I think the
>>book addresses your question. The word 'commitment' 
>>itself addresses the
>>question. We have evolved mechanisms for detecting 
>>commitment and for
>>detecting possible defection in others. People who 
>>tow the party line, etc.
>>are considered committed. We seek out such people 
>>because it is proximately
>>and ultimately adaptive to do so. Befriending, 
>>supporting, trusting, etc.
>>the uncommitted would have been-- and still is, a 
>>risk (or threat). Such
>>risks could have been very costly over our 
>>evolutionary history and can be
>>still today. Of course, sometimes such risks (siding 
>>with someone who seems
>>to be sitting on the fence, uncommitted, a rebel) can 
>>be to one's
>>advantage. But 'ancient-brain' doesn't know this--and 
>>probably
>>'statistics-brain' doesn't know this either!
>>Anyway, enough late-night babbling! It's a good book 
>>and might answer your
>>question...
>>All best!
>>Alice
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: G. Reinhart-Waller
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>> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 9:55 PM
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>>9, Issue 20
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>> >> Someone beyond the liberal/conservative
>> dichotomy may be rejected by both sides as a 
>>nuisance,
>> a threat to shared assumptions that define a group
>> against another.
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>> This is absolutely amazing!  Why would any audience
>> reject someone who cannot plop into either the 
>>liberal
>> or conservative camp?  Please explain the threat you
>> feel is apparent.  This I need to hear!
>>
>> Gerry
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