itting ▁the ▁results ▁to ▁factor ▁analysis , ▁he ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁identify ▁three ▁factors , ▁which ▁he ▁named ▁religion ism , ▁human itar ian ism ▁and ▁national ism . ▁He ▁defined ▁religion ism ▁as ▁belief ▁in ▁God ▁and ▁negative ▁att itudes ▁toward ▁evolution ▁and ▁birth ▁control ; ▁human itar ian ism ▁as ▁being ▁related ▁to ▁att itudes ▁oppos ing ▁war , ▁capital ▁pun ishment ▁and ▁har sh ▁treatment ▁of ▁crim inals ; ▁and ▁national ism ▁as ▁describing ▁variation ▁in ▁opinions ▁on ▁c ensor ship , ▁law , ▁patri ot ism ▁and ▁commun ism . ▁ ▁This ▁system ▁was ▁derived ▁empir ically , ▁as ▁rather ▁than ▁de vis ing ▁a ▁political ▁model ▁on ▁purely ▁theoretical ▁grounds ▁and ▁testing ▁it , ▁Fer g us on ' s ▁research ▁was ▁expl or atory . ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁this ▁method , ▁care ▁must ▁be ▁taken ▁in ▁the ▁interpretation ▁of ▁Fer g us on ' s ▁three ▁factors , ▁as ▁factor ▁analysis ▁will ▁output ▁an ▁abstract ▁factor ▁whether ▁an ▁object ively ▁real ▁factor ▁exists ▁or ▁not . ▁Although ▁rep lication ▁of ▁the ▁national ism ▁factor ▁was ▁incons istent , ▁the ▁finding ▁of ▁religion ism ▁and ▁human itar ian ism ▁had ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁rep lications ▁by ▁Fer g us on ▁and ▁others . ▁ ▁Hans ▁E ys en ck ▁▁ ▁Short ly ▁after ward , ▁Hans ▁E ys en ck ▁began ▁research ing ▁political ▁att itudes ▁in ▁Great ▁Britain . ▁He ▁believed ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁something ▁essentially ▁similar ▁about ▁the ▁National ▁Social ists ▁( N az is