As predicted, our data reinforces findings of Riemann et al., (1993), Van Hiel et al., (2000), Jost et al., (2009) and Lee et al., (2010) that Openness is relevant in predicting political ideology. In particular, those individuals who are less open tend to be more political conservative (Sibley & Duckitt 2008). However, it is important to note that political ideology was not identified by participants’ Openness alone. Moderation of political knowledge was vital.
In parallel, the levels of knowledge of politics are also relevant to ideological prediction. It is interesting to note that the effect of knowledge of politics was also distinguished by high and low scores. That is, high individuals who were more politically knowledgeable identified …show more content…
Particularly, connects to what Osborne and Sibley (2012) have reported. The way in which personality correlates of conservatism was recognizable by voters who are well aware of politics. In other words, those who have high political knowledge are more likely to favour for conservative party or institute that is representative of the people. However, our results interpret rather the opposite. That is, individual having high knowledge of politics predict political liberalism of people. However, this finding supports the idea that having high political knowledge moderates the strength of the relationship between openness and political conservatism. This does not only convey a significance of the current findings, but also, suggests that political knowledge have a significant role in individuals’ political ideology preferences. The alternative interpretation could be that of the perception of people, together with openness, knowledge of politics allows people to perceive in a way that best represents their personality (Osborne & Sibley., …show more content…
This finding implies that the degree to which individuals perceive politics comes from profound understanding of politics. Certainly, the strong negative relationship between openness and political conservatism was captured in those who were politically knowledgeable. In terms of social cognition how people encode, process, and remember (Alvardo, 2013 Chapter 2: Social Cognition), it would be useful to find out that the effect of openness on perception. Whether people would have informative or uninformative perception. Besides, most of the time people have more knowledge towards their interest. That is, the more knowledge people have, the more likely to be judgmental and critical on sensitive issues such as
In parallel, the levels of knowledge of politics are also relevant to ideological prediction. It is interesting to note that the effect of knowledge of politics was also distinguished by high and low scores. That is, high individuals who were more politically knowledgeable identified …show more content…
Particularly, connects to what Osborne and Sibley (2012) have reported. The way in which personality correlates of conservatism was recognizable by voters who are well aware of politics. In other words, those who have high political knowledge are more likely to favour for conservative party or institute that is representative of the people. However, our results interpret rather the opposite. That is, individual having high knowledge of politics predict political liberalism of people. However, this finding supports the idea that having high political knowledge moderates the strength of the relationship between openness and political conservatism. This does not only convey a significance of the current findings, but also, suggests that political knowledge have a significant role in individuals’ political ideology preferences. The alternative interpretation could be that of the perception of people, together with openness, knowledge of politics allows people to perceive in a way that best represents their personality (Osborne & Sibley., …show more content…
This finding implies that the degree to which individuals perceive politics comes from profound understanding of politics. Certainly, the strong negative relationship between openness and political conservatism was captured in those who were politically knowledgeable. In terms of social cognition how people encode, process, and remember (Alvardo, 2013 Chapter 2: Social Cognition), it would be useful to find out that the effect of openness on perception. Whether people would have informative or uninformative perception. Besides, most of the time people have more knowledge towards their interest. That is, the more knowledge people have, the more likely to be judgmental and critical on sensitive issues such as