To test the notion conservatism and “closed mindedness” are related, C—scale scores and object recall (in an incidental learning situation) scores were correlated. Analysis controlling for the effects of “object relevance,” “time” in the object room, and age gave generally insignificant results. Conservative Ss may have been more sensitized to perceptual cues than liberal Ss.
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