Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: red/blue schism - locus of control

[Chris ScottHanson (chris]

Consider another set of factors ...

Cohousers all seem to be part of the group called the "cultural 
creatives" which are in turn part of the population known as the "LOHAS 
market".  (If these are not familiar terms, do a google search on them 
for complete information about each.)  My favorite link about the 
facts:
http://www.culturalcreatives.org/straightfacts.html

Cultural creatives seem to generally (all?) have an "internal locus of 
control".

Those who are not cultural creatives seem to have either an internal 
locus of control or an "external locus of control".  (More to be said 
here about the Moderns and the Traditionalists...)

Any thoughts on how these factors might effect the red.blue state 
political affiliation or identification, and intentional community, or 
cohousing?

Chris ScottHanson

___

The Locus of Control
"People with an internal locus of control believe that their own 
actions determine the rewards that they obtain, while those with an 
external locus of control believe that their own behavior doesn't 
matter much and that rewards in life are generally outside of their 
control."
  
Below is a 13 item questionnaire developed by Rotter (1966). It 
measures generalized expectancies for internal versus external control 
of reinforcement. Scores range from 0 to 13.  A low score indicates an 
internal control while a high score indicates external control.

To take The Locus of Control Test Click  here
http://www.psych.uncc.edu/pagoolka/LC.html
 
 
 
On Feb 21, 2005, at 1:42 PM, Rob Sandelin wrote:

>  I have long noticed, after having visited over two hundred intentional
> communities which includes numerous cohousing groups, that intentional
> community in all its forms, and yes, cohousing is a form of intentional
> community,  is by nature a liberal activity not a conservative one. I 
> have
> also noticed that every conservative based intentional community I 
> visited
> was religious in nature.  There are many libral IC's that are 
> religious, but
> I have not experienced or heard of a conservative based community that 
> was
> not religious. (The survivalist movement in the late 70's appears to 
> have
> died out but that might be a source of non-religious conservative
> communities).
>
> The facts are, cohousing attracts people who want to live 
> cooperatively, and
> this, I think by definition, defines a libral activity. In my 
> experience
> Conservative viewpoints in cohousing ARE a tiny minority, and as much 
> as
> people want to believe their community is open and diverse, it is not 
> likely
> to be, because of the very nature of the activity you are engaging in.
>
> The red.blue schism has ALWAYS been a part of american politics, and 
> if you
> really define it, that schism is 10-20%, the remainder is actually 
> purple. A
> person who is strongly conservative would no more be part of a 
> cohousing
> group than a died in the wool libral activist would join the board of
> Montasano.  There is a place where you need to have some common ground 
> in
> order to operate as a group and perhaps the socially libral base is 
> part of
> this, since cohousing does not usually define itself with a religious 
> or
> spiritual focus.
>
> Rob Sandelin
> Sharingwood Cohousing
> Where the kids are playing, the birds are singing
>
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