I don’t know. I usually hear the opposite stereotype, of smart people being edgy and mean. I wonder to what extent people’s stereotypes on this is due to noise, selection bias, or similar, but it seems hard to figure out.
In this specific case, I would wonder how much the true correlation is obscured by the school environment. Schooling institutions are supposed to value learning, intellect, etc.., so smart people and conformist/authority-trusting people might be hard to distinguish in schools?
I don’t think the USA is an outlier with respect to this, I think most differential psychology studies are done in the US.
I don’t know. I usually hear the opposite stereotype, of smart people being edgy and mean. I wonder to what extent people’s stereotypes on this is due to noise, selection bias, or similar, but it seems hard to figure out.
In this specific case, I would wonder how much the true correlation is obscured by the school environment. Schooling institutions are supposed to value learning, intellect, etc.., so smart people and conformist/authority-trusting people might be hard to distinguish in schools?
I don’t think the USA is an outlier with respect to this, I think most differential psychology studies are done in the US.