The Unmet Potential of Interdisciplinary Research: Political Psychological Approaches to Voting and Public Opinion

Druckman, James N.; Kuklinski, James H.; Sigelman, Lee

doi:10.1007/s11109-009-9092-2

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“…In particular, the notion of evolved heuristics sheds novel light on a much debated topic within the political science literature on heuristics: do heuristics produce opinions that are biased or "good enough" relative to more effortful processes (see Druckman, Kuklinski, and Sigelman 2009;Kuklinski and Quirk 2000;Lau and Redlawsk 2006)? From an evolutionary perspective, heuristics do not produce either one or the other.…”

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Social Welfare as Small‐Scale Help: Evolutionary Psychology and the Deservingness Heuristic

Petersen

2011

American J Political Sci

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Public opinion concerning social welfare is largely driven by perceptions of recipient deservingness. Extant research has argued that this heuristic is learned from a variety of cultural, institutional, and ideological sources. The present article provides evidence supporting a different view: that the deservingness heuristic is rooted in psychological categories that evolved over the course of human evolution to regulate small-scale exchanges of help. To test predictions made on the basis of this view, a method designed to measure social categorization is embedded in nationally representative surveys conducted in different countries. Across the national- and individual-level differences that extant research has used to explain the heuristic, people categorize welfare recipients on the basis of whether they are lazy or unlucky. This mode of categorization furthermore induces people to think about large-scale welfare politics as its presumed ancestral equivalent: small-scale help giving. The general implications for research on heuristics are discussed.

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Section: Figure 3 Categorization Of Lazy and Unlucky Welfare Recipienmentioning

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Social Welfare as Small‐Scale Help: Evolutionary Psychology and the Deservingness Heuristic

Petersen

2011

American J Political Sci

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“…It is important to note the difference between motivated processing and motivated reasoning (for details see Druckman, Kuklinski & Sigelman, 2009). The present study manipulates motivated processing.…”

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Seeking More Information and Conversations: Influence of Competitive Frames and Motivated Processing

Borah

2011

Communication Research

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A consistently growing body of research focuses on the concept of framing. The present study contributes to framing effects literature in three ways: the study examines frames in competitive environment, investigates the influence of motivated processing, and the effects on behavioral intentions of participants. The data were collected using an experiment embedded in a Web-based survey of participants employing the issue of civil liberties conflict. The study used a 2 (motivated processing) × 3 (framed conditions) betweensubjects design. Findings show that in case of both the outcomes of behavioral intent, willingness to seek information and talk, motivated processing intensified framing effects and specifically so in the mixed frame condition.

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“…In this study, the researcher endeavors to contribute to one of the most promising interdisciplinary endeavors focusing on the study of political judgment and behavior, namely, the fields of psychology and political science (for review, see Druckman, Kuklinski, & Sigelman, 2009;Kinder, 1998;McGraw, 2006). As such, theories, perspectives, methods, techniques, and data from a wide array of research are integrated to advance the fundamental understanding in an eclectic sense.…”

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Toward a Theory of Political Emotion Causation

Almohammad

2016

SAGE Open

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The present article provides an integrative review of available evidence on dual emotional systems, guided by the distinction between "explicit" and "implicit" emotions. Extrapolating on a wide array of research, the conceptualization of the proposed framework demonstrates two sequential processes at the three levels of analysis, implying that several mechanisms lead to the elicitation of implicit and explicit emotions, and thereby outline the interplay of the dual dimensions. Moreover, in reconciliation with the literature of political judgment and behavior, the current research posits the role of political sophistication and attitudes on the elicitation of implicit and explicit emotions. In addition, it discusses the moderating influence on partisan loyalties on the relationship between implicit and explicit emotions. Furthermore, the current study forwards an operational measure of the two blocks of emotional experience.

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The Unmet Potential of Interdisciplinary Research: Political Psychological Approaches to Voting and Public Opinion

Cited by 64 publications

References 82 publications

Social Welfare as Small‐Scale Help: Evolutionary Psychology and the Deservingness Heuristic

Social Welfare as Small‐Scale Help: Evolutionary Psychology and the Deservingness Heuristic

Seeking More Information and Conversations: Influence of Competitive Frames and Motivated Processing

Toward a Theory of Political Emotion Causation

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