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Do liberals and conservatives think in different ways?. Integrative complexity . What is it? When do people show more or less of it? What factors might encourage or discourage it? What types of people show more or less of it? What is the causal direction?
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Integrative complexity What is it? When do people show more or less of it? What factors might encourage or discourage it? What types of people show more or less of it? What is the causal direction? Is integrative complexity a state or a trait? What causes changes in IC? How does this relate to cognitive dissonance and other theories we’ve talked about so far? How would it relate to political orientation?
Example of “1,” low integration and differentiation Abortion is a basic right that should be available to all women. To limit a woman's access to an abortion is an intolerable infringement on her civil liberties. Such an infringement must not be tolerated. To do so would be to threaten the separation of Church and State so fundamental to the American way of life.
Example of a “3,” high differentiation, low integration Many see abortion as a basic civil liberty that should be available to any woman who chooses to exercise this right. Others, however, see abortion as infanticide.
“5,” High differentiation and moderate integration Some view abortion as a civil liberties issue—that of the woman's right to choose; others view abortion as no more justifiable than murder. Which perspective one takes depends on when one views the organism developing within the mother as a human being.
“7” High on both Some view abortion as a civil liberties issue; others see abortion as tantamount to murder. One's view of abortion depends on a complicated mixture of legal, moral, philosophical and, perhaps, scientific judgments. Is there a constitutional right to abortion? What criteria should be used to determine when human life begins? Who possesses the authority to resolve these issues?
Tetlock, 1983 http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/psp/45/1/118.pdf Senate policy statements from floor speeches, 1975, 1976 Based on ADA voting records
Federico, Deason, & Fisher, 2012 What is need for closure? (look at scale) What are the three possible ways they discuss that it might be related to political orientation and policy attitudes? Why? What are symbolic vs. operational ideology? How do they differ and why? Why are conservative attitudes more attractive to those with a high need for closure? What are vertical and horizontal constraint?
Advantages and disadvantages of sample used? What control variables did they use? What was the survey part of the study? What was the experiment? Issues with the study What was need for closure related to? What was the correlation between party and ideology? Why might it be that way?
What was their main take home message? How did they explain it? Other potential explanations? What was related to having a “consistent” ideology? Would the same pattern hold for other conservative correlates?
Operational definitions and how concepts relate to one another http://www.amazon.com/gp/election-heatmap/ref=amb_link_364739922_2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-5&pf_rd_r=1CJBNMAZ0AVPBKQGY9Q2&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1398233922&pf_rd_i=283155 Test questions Proposals and summaries of ideas Next week: Racism and attributions (consequences of orientation/attitudes)
