POL S 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ween
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Definition of culture: set of values that a group shares, not a universal commonality, there is not a single universal culture that we all share. Quantification of culture: quantitative political scientists, like to deal with numbers, analyzing them, rates of incarceration, voter turnout, etc, qualitative political scientists, qualities, emotional aspect. E(cid:448)er(cid:455)o(cid:374)e is (cid:271)or(cid:374) (cid:862)(cid:271)la(cid:374)k(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:374)ot k(cid:374)o(cid:449)i(cid:374)g a(cid:374)(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g(cid:895) and as you get older, your brain starts to develop filters to help you distinguish right from wrong. They also ween out the good things from the bad things. Cognitive dissonance: your (cid:271)od(cid:455)"s lear(cid:374)ed (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior to physically remove you from an unpleasant situatio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d to (cid:373)ake it so (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to sta(cid:455), a song you hate comes on the radio, you automatically change the station. Selective perception: see what you want to see. Schools: listen to the teacher (first rule of preschool, respect, formal agent.
