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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Feeling Thermometer"”.
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Finding the swing voter : definitions and survey methods for voter classification
… These summaries are expressed as warmness or feeling towards each candidate, which can be captured using the ANES Feeling Thermometer scales. A metric of the difference between the scores given to the Republican and Democratic candidates is used, based in the work of William Mayer. This metric …
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White Americans' Affect Toward African Americans: Predictive Power on Political Behavior and Measurement Problems
… of measuring affect in the traditional feeling thermometer. Moreover, the study introduces and tests a new method for measuring affect that improves interpersonal comparability of reported affect by anchoring the respondents' self-placements. The study investigates the changes in the …
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Heartwarming Narratives: The Role of Kama Muta in Stereotype Reduction
… in media. Kama muta, the Sanskrit term for “feeling moved by love” (Fiske et al. 2017, 2019) can serve as a powerful mechanism in stereotype reduction. This study examined how kama muta impacts stereotype reduction outcomes for gay men using the Netflix original series, <em>Heartstopper …
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Working Towards Desistance: Canadian Public's Attitudes Towards Sex Offenders, Sex Offender Treatment, and Policy
… were measured comprehensively by four scales: a feeling thermometer, the Attitudes Towards Treatment of Sex Offenders Scale, the Attitudes towards Sex Offenders and Criminal Justice scale, and a Social Distance Scale. Policies were measured using a newly developed Sex Offender Policy scale and …