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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"political orientation"”.
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Examining Political Orientation, Attributional style, and Affirmative Action
<p>The correlations among political orientation, attributional style, emotion, and support for Affirmative Action were investigated. Questionnaire data were collected from a university sample in southern California. The results indicate a positive correlation between political orientation and …
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How Orderliness Informs a More Comprehensive Model of Political Orientation
Research has consistently found that political liberalism is predicted by the Big Five trait Openness to Experience, while political conservatism is predicted by trait Conscientiousness. The majority of the research thus far, however, has adopted a trait-level model of personality. Recent work …
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Predicting COVID-19 behavior: Is it all due to political orientation?
… was that there would be an interaction between political party and trust in government. It was predicted that Republicans would show a more negative relationship between trust in government and COVID-19 preventing behaviors than Democrats. The third hypothesis was that there would be an …
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Predictors of racial prejudice : a meta-analysis of the influence of religion and political orientation
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The political orientation of Dr Nelson R. Mandela and iNkosi Mangosuthu G. Buthelezi – a comparative study
This dissertation examines the political orientations of two influential figures in South African history: Dr. Nelson R. Mandela and Inkosi Mangosuthu G. Buthelezi. Both leaders played pivotal roles in shaping the political landscape of South Africa during the apartheid era and its transition to …
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An Investigation of the Relationship Between Sex of Student, Political Orientation of Instructor, and Stimulus Medium on Student Ratings of Teaching Effectiveness
The present study reviews relevant literature from research on student evaluations of teaching effectiveness and provides a summary from a pilot study. Three major hypotheses of the current study were female participants would provide more favorable ratings of a female instructor than would male …
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'What Colour are You?': FBI Counter-Intelligence and the Targeting of White Hate and Black Extremist Groups in the 1960s
… the purpose of COINTELPRO as a program, and the political orientation of the Bureau during this time period. While Black Extremist organizations such as the Black Panther Party firmly fit within the established image of subversive organizations due to their political orientation, White Hate …
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An Examination of the Application of the Chevron Doctrine in U.S. District Courts
… a judge cites this case but also whether their political orientation plays a role.</p>
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Creating and Interpreting a Cultural Landscape on Twitter to Understand People and Audiences
… sort them along dimensions of identity. Race, political orientation, and religion are the most salient dimensions for separation, while state geography, gender, and nationality are less important. We also compare audience sorting and self-sorting of these influential users, and find that …
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Relationship Between University Student Characteristics and Water Conservation Behaviors
… engagement, perceived behavioral control and political orientation could explain 16% of the variance in actual engagement behaviors, while a linear combination of a student’s perceived importance, perceived engagement, perceived behavioral control, and social norms could explain 38% of the …
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West Virginia state legislators' opinions of local mass media
… however, view the media as neutral sources of political information. Self-described "conservative" lawmakers rated media sources described as "liberal" as being less accurate in their coverage of the legislature than did self-described "liberal" or "middle-of-the-road" lawmakers. The thesis …
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Music and musicians of the traditional Chinese 'dizi' in the People's Republic of China
… 1949. Similar to other social, cultural, and political institutions in post-1949 China, music has undergone a significant change according to the Marxist - Leninist political ideology and Mao Zedong's thought. The main thesis of this study is that this ideological shift has prompted the …
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Dissecting implicit leadership theories: a generalizability analysis
… core self evaluations, agency, communality, and political orientation. The target characteristics to be examined include gender, domain in which the leader operates, and authority level of the leader. Results indicate that interactions between rater characteristics and target characteristics are …
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Use of Defensive and Receptive Reasoning Strategies and Receptiveness to Opposing Political Views
With unprecedented access to diverse political perspectives, individuals struggle to fairly engage with political content that disconfirms their previously held beliefs. By relying on defensive reasoning strategies such as counterarguing, derogating, and bolstering, participants have demonstrated …
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ONLINE MISINFORMATION AND FACT-CHECKING
… of the person posting the news and the political orientation of the user reading the news (i.e., progressive or conservative) moderate the impact of AI vs. human fact-checkers. We examine this interaction in two separate 3×2×2 online quasi-experiments conducted in the United States and …
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