Selected Values and Beliefs of Mensa

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ID13648779
AuthorsJ Alan Burdick (The Otis R. Bowen Center for Human Services, Inc., Warsaw, Indiana, corresponding author), Roberta A Kreicker (The Otis R. Bowen Center for Human Services, Inc., Warsaw, Indiana), Frederick J Klopfer (Community Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center, Lawrenceburg, Indiana)
Year1981
Volume48
Issue2
Pages407-414
Publication date1981-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1981.48.2.407
OpenAlexW2335442415
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited4

A description (using Mensa membership) of philosophical and value orientations, and qualitative predictions for selected years between 1980 and 2200 was sought. A random sample of 300 Mensans was selected as subjects. The respondents reported on the average an IQ of about 144, being 40 yr. of age, with an income between $25,000 and $40,000 per year, and held a philosophical orientation toward “realism.” This sample of Mensans has high interest and values toward “theoretical issues” and a low interest (and values) for “social” and/or “religious” interests. This realistic, bright group predicted that the future will improve over time. The Mensa group also reported that there will be a brief period of time where the political situation is “right of center,” followed by a drift to “the left,” then returning to a “political right” in the far distant future (2100–2200)

Biology and political orientation · Epistemology · Period (music · Politics · Realism · Sample (material · Social value orientations · Statistics · Value (mathematics · Law · Leadership, Behavior, and Decision-Making Studies · Mathematics · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology

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