Naslov
Moral emotions and political choice

Autori
Rihtar, Stanko ; Lamza Posavec, Vesna

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Horizons of Psychology, 8th Alps-Adria Psychology Conference Abstracts / Podlesek, Anja ; Komidar, Luka - Ljubljana : Slovenian Psychological Association, 2008, 71-71

Skup
8th Alps-Adria Psychology Conference

Mjesto i datum
Ljubljana, Slovenija, 02.10.2008. - 04.10.2008

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Moral emotions; Impression formation; Political choice

Sažetak
Numerous studies in the area of global impression formation have shown that morality and competence form two separate and most important clusters of traits (with a strong evaluative component) in person perception, including perception, evaluation and choice of political actors. Although moral information is more easily processed than information about competence, moral impressions are stronger and more resistant to change than impressions about competence, contrary to the expectations of dual processing models. The assumption that moral emotions might be partly responsible for this phenomenon was verified in public opinion research, conducted prior to the parliamentary elections in 2007 on a nationally representative sample of adults in Croatia. Results have shown that moral emotions are, in addition to perceived competence and morality of political actors, significant and stronger predictors of political choice, that negative moral emotions are better predictors of political animosity than positive of political sympathy, and, finally, that moral emotions are more responsible for the polarization of voters and public in general than other criteria of political choice.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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