POL SCI 164A Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Anti-Abortion Movements, Appraisal Theory, Attitude Change
10 May 2018
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STRUCTURE OF FINAL
100 points (150 minutes in total)
I. Essay - 20 points (30 minutes)
- Breadth but also organize your thoughts
- Cannot just be lists of things
- Connect the ideas
II. Comprehension of readings - 12 points (6 mins each, 18 minutes)
- 3 out of 5
- 4 points each
III. Short answers - 16 points (8 point each, 12 minutes per quesiton)
- 2 out of 3
- Have parts
IV. T/F - 15 points
- 3 out of 5
- 5 points each
V. Fill in the blank - 10 points
- 10 out of 14
- 1 point each
VI. Provide explanation - 12 points
- 3 out of 5
- 4 points each
VII. IDs - 15 points
- 5 out of 7
- 3 points each
VIII. EC
- 3 answers
- Each 0.5 point
Media agenda setting and priming
- Both emphasize
- Agenda setting: always a problem
- Outcome of interest: importance that the public attaches to the problem
- Question: what should we put as the top priority, what is the problem that
society/ government should view as most important
- Priming: any issues (trait, problem, allegation, incident, gaffe, scandal)
- How much weight it should given in voters’ attitude and vote choices
- Comes from the CMM - gets more weight (because more salient) and
thus more influence on the attitude and ultimately the voice
Emotion: affective reactions that is transitory, object-specific, labeled
Cognitive appraisal theory
- Conscious, you are aware of your appraisals
- 9/10 appraisal questions - many do not apply to all emotions
- CA: there are appraisals (set of beliefs) associated with every emotions
(feelings fused with a set of beliefs), consequences of each emotion is
distinct, behavior predictions flow from these emotions
- emotions only felt with the appraisal is present
- Ex. anger fused with a set of beliefs
- Can be something you recall, or something you imagine
- Anger appraisal:
- Something bad has happened, I know why or who/what’s to blame,
action can be taken to have things better > feel anger
- Anxiety appraisal:
- Worry about bad outcome, unsure of cause, don’t know what to do
- Hope appraisal:
- Accompanied by anxiety
Affective intelligence
- Theory that focuses on neurological function of the brain
- Emotions fall on a circle called the circumplex defined by 2 dimensions
- Degree of anxiety (anxiety flows from surveillance system) - notice
something that this threatening, frightening novel (is there is a threat) >
high anxiety
- Emotions defined by both systems
- Degree of enthusiasm (enthusiasm flows from disposition system) - notice
things are going well (how are things going) > high enthusiasm
- ** the 2 systems are pre-conscious and automatic
- Sensory information always evaluated by the two systems
- Prediction
- Degree of anxiety does not affect emotions/ choices
- But high anxiety leads you to seek out information and pay
attention to the world, anxiety fuels learning (same with CA) and
act on it
- Degree of enthusiasm affects choices
- Things go bad (high heels break > take them off)
- Things go well (deer eating dandelion > keeping doing)
- Flawed because simplistic
Document Summary
100 points (150 minutes in total: essay - 20 points (30 minutes) Comprehension of readings - 12 points (6 mins each, 18 minutes) Short answers - 16 points (8 point each, 12 minutes per quesiton) 5 points each: fill in the blank - 10 points. Outcome of interest: importance that the public attaches to the problem. Question: what should we put as the top priority, what is the problem that society/ government should view as most important. Priming: any issues (trait, problem, allegation, incident, gaffe, scandal) How much weight it should given in voters" attitude and vote choices. Comes from the cmm - gets more weight (because more salient) and thus more influence on the attitude and ultimately the voice. Emotion: affective reactions that is transitory, object-specific, labeled. Conscious, you are aware of your appraisals. 9/10 appraisal questions - many do not apply to all emotions.
