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Political Psychology: Citizen Behaviors and Opinions

Political Psychology: Citizen Behaviors and Opinions. Lecture 8 Emotion 2: Other models. Program. The impact of mood Motivated political reasoning Anxiety, threat and authoritarianism Emotions and framing Altruism and participation. The impact of mood. Lecture 8

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Political Psychology: Citizen Behaviors and Opinions

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  1. Political Psychology:Citizen Behaviors and Opinions Lecture 8 Emotion 2: Other models

  2. Program • The impact of mood • Motivated political reasoning • Anxiety, threat and authoritarianism • Emotions and framing • Altruism and participation

  3. The impact of mood Lecture 8 Emotion 2: Other models

  4. The impact of mood • Affective state not tied to object. • The nature of the weather has an effect on life satisfaction. • The state of the mood has an effect on evaluations of political candidates.

  5. Motivated political reasoning Lecture 8 Emotion 2: Other models

  6. Motivated political reasoning • Reasoning is motivated • accuracy goals • partisan goals • Hot cognition • On-line processing • Primacy of affect • Biased reasoning

  7. Lodge & Taber (2005)

  8. Lodge & Taber (2005)

  9. Lodge & Taber (2005)

  10. Lodge & Taber (2005)

  11. Lodge & Taber (2005)

  12. Lodge & Taber (2005)

  13. Quality of inform. processing • Biased processing: • prior attitude bias • disconfirmation bias • confirmation bias • Attitude polarization • Conditional on sophistication and attitude strength

  14. Taber & Lodge (2006)

  15. Taber & Lodge (2006)

  16. Taber & Lodge (2006)

  17. Taber & Lodge (2006)

  18. Anxiety, threat and authoritarianism Lecture 8 Emotion 2: Other models

  19. Huddy et al. (2005) • 9/11 terrorist attacks on USA • Threat induces authoritarianism • Key mediator is ignored: affect • Perceived threat and anxiety should have different impacts on authoritarian attitudes

  20. Huddy et al. (2005)

  21. Huddy et al. (2005)

  22. Huddy et al. (2005)

  23. Emotions and framing Lecture 8 Emotion 2: Other models

  24. Problem 1, version 1 • Disease is expected to kill 600 persons. • Two response programs are possible. • Program A: 200 persons will be saved. • Program B: 1/3 chance to save 600 persons and 2/3 chance to save no one. • 45% prefer A, 55% prefer B

  25. Problem 1, version 2 • Disease is expected to kill 600 persons. • Two response programs are possible. • Program A: 400 persons will die. • Program B: 1/3 chance no one will die and 2/3 chance 600 persons will die. • 67% prefer A, 34% prefer B

  26. Problem 2, version 1 • $3000 community development grant. • Two investment programs are possible. • Program A: community will gain $1000. • Program B: 50% chance community will gain $2000 and 50% chance community will gain nothing. • 28% prefer A, 72% prefer B

  27. Problem 2, version 2 • $3000 community development grant. • Two investment programs are possible. • Program A: community will lose $1000. • Program B: 50% chance community will lose nothing and 50% chance community will lose $2000. • 66% prefer A, 34% prefer B

  28. Druckman & McDermott

  29. Druckman & McDermott

  30. Druckman & McDermott

  31. Altruism and participation Lecture 8 Emotion 2: Other models

  32. Fowler & Kam (2007) • Do concerns for others affect political participation? • Two social concerns: • social identification • altruism • Measured by dictator game

  33. Fowler & Kam (2007)

  34. Conclusion Lecture 8 Emotion 2: Other models

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