midterm

Question 1

theory of affective intelligence

Answer 1

emotional activation in preconscious
emotions are multidimensional
there’s a dual system

Question 2

dual system of theory of affective intelligence

Answer 2

disposition- happy/sad/angry

surveillance- nervous

Question 3

why are negative ads better for new candidates

Answer 3

they’re more persuasive than positive and contrast

Question 4

political knowledge

Answer 4

cognitive limits to learning

Question 5

memory and politics

Answer 5

memories decay
we are forgetful
need to make more efforts to remember
misattribution & misinformation

Question 6

memory structures

Answer 6

associative networks

Question 7

information processing

Answer 7

exposure and attention
interpretation
categorize
encoding

Question 8

storage and retrieval of memories

Answer 8

memory based processing

online processing

Question 9

memory based processing

Answer 9

go into brain from memories to pull out sample

this is difficult and delayed

Question 10

online processing model

Answer 10

keep a tally of whether you like or dislike something and the tally is your memory
more with people

Question 11

explicit reasoning

Answer 11

slow and effortfuk

Question 12

implicit reasoning

Answer 12

spontaneous and automatic

Question 13

heuristics

Answer 13

shortcuts and strategy people use to make decisions when they don’t have the motivation or information to acquire more in depth reasoning
rule of thumb

Question 14

nudges

Answer 14

constraints on people to make high quality political decisions
making people choose the right heuristics

Question 15

types of nudges

Answer 15

make the default the better option: retirement funds

give people diagnostic information: voter guides w/right info and length

give people feedback: power bill compared to neighbors or free press

structure choices differently: limiting choices

make good choices easier to find: gas cap or ballot design

create commitments: voter turnout

give inscentives

Question 16

bias and political decisions

Answer 16

reference point: people rely on habits

defense of status quo: comfortable w what they know

gains vs losses: loss hurt more than gains reward

Question 17

accuracy vs directional goals

Answer 17

accuracy: science
directional: lawye

Question 18

polar attitude effect

Answer 18

believing your party did better in a debate

this is higher within sophisticated

Question 19

disconformation bias

Answer 19

spend more time w what you disagree with

Question 20

confirmation bias

Answer 20

tending to search your positive affiliated views

Question 21

attitude polarization

Answer 21

allows for polar partisanship and resistance to corrections