The Righteous Mind: why good people are divided by politics and religions

1, Our author, Jonathan Haidt, gave an address called "The Bright Future of Post-Partisan Social Psychology" at a big psychology conference in 2011. At his talk, he asked attendees to raise their hand if they identified as politically conservative. Out of over 1,000 attendees, approximately 80% identified as liberal, some identified as moderates or libertarians, and only a handful of the 1,000 were conservative (or were willing to say that they were conservative, given how outnumbered they were). Is it a problem that liberals are overrepresented and conservatives underrepresented in psychology, or do some professions just attract certain types of people? For instance, 58% of CEO’s identify as Republicans whereas only 18% say they’re Democrats () …is that a problem? Why or why not? Be specific. (worth 20 points)

2. Identify the sentence, passage, or excerpt from The Righteous Mind that you most agree with. Make sure you understand the excerpt in the broader context and provide it here, including a page number, and then fully describe the basis of your agreement with it.