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The Different Ways We Think about Politics: _x000d_A Multi-Method Study of Individual Differences in Political Cognition

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In the research reported here, we add to this understanding of political reasoning by examining structural differences in how people cognize political phenomena. In so doing, we draw on earlier developmental psychological research that used in-depth interviews to explore differences in social and political reasoning (e.g., Kegan 1994; Rosenberg, 2002). Here we predict that individual differences in cognition posited in that earlier qualitative research will lead to differences in performance on the kinds of tasks (experimental and survey) typically studied in political psychological research. We hypothesize that adults will think about politics in one of three ways: sequential, linear or systematic. This structural quality of their cognition is assessed by examining their performance on an online clinical experimental task (determining how to reproduce an observed chemical reaction). We then hypothesize that quality of the individual’s performance on this more open-ended task will predict to his/her responses to survey measures of the strength of their social identification and their political tolerance of outgroups. We discuss the implications of this for our understanding of social and political identity
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Rosenberg, Shawn. and Wrigley, TEd. "The Different Ways We Think about Politics: _x000d_A Multi-Method Study of Individual Differences in Political Cognition" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference, The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, <Not Available>. 2009-11-10 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p363089_index.html>

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Rosenberg, S. and Wrigley, T. "The Different Ways We Think about Politics: _x000d_A Multi-Method Study of Individual Differences in Political Cognition" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference, The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL <Not Available>. 2009-11-10 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p363089_index.html

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Abstract: In the research reported here, we add to this understanding of political reasoning by examining structural differences in how people cognize political phenomena. In so doing, we draw on earlier developmental psychological research that used in-depth interviews to explore differences in social and political reasoning (e.g., Kegan 1994; Rosenberg, 2002). Here we predict that individual differences in cognition posited in that earlier qualitative research will lead to differences in performance on the kinds of tasks (experimental and survey) typically studied in political psychological research. We hypothesize that adults will think about politics in one of three ways: sequential, linear or systematic. This structural quality of their cognition is assessed by examining their performance on an online clinical experimental task (determining how to reproduce an observed chemical reaction). We then hypothesize that quality of the individual’s performance on this more open-ended task will predict to his/her responses to survey measures of the strength of their social identification and their political tolerance of outgroups. We discuss the implications of this for our understanding of social and political identity

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