POLS-Y 107 Lecture 1: Approaches Worksheet - Blank
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People act based on individual self-interest, act consistently according to their goals and optimize to achieve their goals. Individuals think in probabilistic terms and can attach probabilities to strategies; they can manage risk or lack of information. Studies the individual, research can also be found between the individual and the group. Groups are defined by key attributes like ethnicity and religion. Everyone from the same cultural group is expected to act the same. People behave based on their class or where they sit in the economy. All people who are civil servants will all act in a particular way. Studies classes, the class system, the lower class, middle class, the upper class, group-politics, and economics. Thick approach to culture- studies the cultural group and how they act as a whole. Also looks at its history, ethnicity, how it connects to society, and its stability and resistance to change.
