Politics

Interpretation of tough-mindedness as manifestation of authoritarian versus tender-minded democratic values was incompatible with Frankfurt School's single-axis model which conceptualized authoritarianism as being fundamental manifestation of conservatism many researchers took issue with idea of left-wing authoritarianism

Bureau of Labor Statistics has been without a Senate-confirmed director.

Second factor in such analysis (such as Eysenck's T-factor) is second best explanation for spread of data which is by definition drawn at right angles to first factor

Dissatisfied with Hans J Eysenck's work Milton Rokeach developed his own two-axis model of political values in 1973 basing this on ideas of freedom equality which he described in his book The Nature of Human Values

Rokeach claimed defining difference between left right was that left stressed importance of equality more than right

President announced he would appoint E.J. Antoni to the job but withdrew the nomination.

Eysenck was outspoken opponent of authoritarian abuses of left right he believed with T axis he found link between Nazism communism

His political allegiances were called into question by other researchers notably Steven Rose who alleged that his scientific research was used for political purposes

Virtually no values were found to load only on tough/tender dimension

Theory which Eysenck developed to explain individual variation in observed dimensions relating tough-mindedness to extroversion psychoticism returned ambiguous research results

Matsumoto is Trump’s second pick to lead the bureau.

Matsumoto is unlikely to face the same backlash.

Socialists freedom ranked 1st equality ranked 2nd

Axes of popular biaxial spectra are usually split between economic issues and socio-cultural issues

Originally the defining point on the ideological spectrum was the Ancien Régime

This system was derived empirically as rather than devising a political model on purely theoretical grounds and testing it Ferguson's research was exploratory

Tender-mindedness was defined by moral training conscience Bible truth chastity self-denial pacifism anti-discrimination being against death penalty harsh treatment of criminals

Tough-mindedness was defined by compulsory sterilization euthanasia easier divorce laws racism antisemitism compulsory military training wife swapping casual living death penalty harsh treatment of criminals

"The Right" implied support for aristocratic or royal interests and the church while "The Left" implied support for republicanism secularism and civil liberties

In 1950 Leonard W Ferguson analyzed political values using ten scales measuring attitudes toward birth control capital punishment censorship communism evolution law patriotism theism treatment of criminals and war