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View article: Political trust and public support for propaganda in China
Political trust and public support for propaganda in China Open
Authoritarian governments heavily rely on propaganda as a means of maintaining rule. Although scholars have examined the effects of propaganda exposure, much less is known about attitudes toward propaganda messages. In this study, we explo…
View article: Health Risks Related to COVID‐19, Psychological Distress and Perceived Productivity
Health Risks Related to COVID‐19, Psychological Distress and Perceived Productivity Open
The COVID‐19 pandemic has affected the lives of billions around the globe. Yet, our understanding of its impact on psychological distress and work productivity remains limited. Using data from two waves of the Understanding Society COVID‐1…
View article: The Effect of State Supreme Court Selection Method on Perceptions of the U.S. Supreme Court
The Effect of State Supreme Court Selection Method on Perceptions of the U.S. Supreme Court Open
We argue that perceptions of the U.S. Supreme Court can be influenced by stimuli paired with state courts. People with low levels of court knowledge will exhibit an assimilation effect in which residing in a state with an elected supreme c…
View article: Anchoring Political Preferences: The Psychological Foundations of Status Quo Bias and the Boundaries of Elite Manipulation
Anchoring Political Preferences: The Psychological Foundations of Status Quo Bias and the Boundaries of Elite Manipulation Open
Public policy is often about numbers that affect people’s lives in fundamental ways. Given the central importance of numbers, we examine anchoring , a heuristic in which people are influenced by an initial number in expressing a preference…
View article: Replication Data for: Anchoring Political Preferences: The Psychological Foundations of Status Quo Bias and the Boundaries of Elite Manipulation
Replication Data for: Anchoring Political Preferences: The Psychological Foundations of Status Quo Bias and the Boundaries of Elite Manipulation Open
This archive contains all of the data and code for reproducing the quantitative analyses reported in the text of the article and the Supplemental Information.
View article: Replication Data for The Effect of State Supreme Court Selection Method on Perceptions of the U.S. Supreme Court
Replication Data for The Effect of State Supreme Court Selection Method on Perceptions of the U.S. Supreme Court Open
Provided here are the two datasets (in Stata format) needed to replicate all of our results. The pdf contains the relevant Stata commands. PolCourtImplicitReplication.dta contains the data used for the analyses presented in the "Study 1: I…
View article: Replication Data for: Making the List: Reevaluating Political Trust and Social Desirability in China
Replication Data for: Making the List: Reevaluating Political Trust and Social Desirability in China Open
We examined sensitive questions on political trust and regime support in China using indirect methods. We replicated previous list experiment results confirming that a majority trust the central government despite over-reports. We also con…
View article: In Government We Trust: Implicit Political Trust and Regime Support in China
In Government We Trust: Implicit Political Trust and Regime Support in China Open
High levels of self-reported trust in government found in China has invited skepticism about the authenticity of survey results. To address this question, we examine implicit political trust, an automatic, intuitive orientation toward gove…
View article: Replication Data for: In Government We Trust: Implicit Political Trust and Regime Support in China
Replication Data for: In Government We Trust: Implicit Political Trust and Regime Support in China Open
High levels of self-reported trust in government found in China has invited skepticism about the authenticity of survey results. To address this question, we examine implicit political trust, an automatic, intuitive orientation toward gove…
View article: Inverting the Lens: White Privilege Denial in Evaluations of Politicians and Policy
Inverting the Lens: White Privilege Denial in Evaluations of Politicians and Policy Open
Public understandings of race in the United States have evolved, at least among some, to acknowledge that whiteness confers privilege. In contrast to the negative racial stereotypes that animate racial resentment, white privilege inverts t…
View article: Investigating students understanding of organic reaction mechanisms from performing organic chemistry experiments
Investigating students understanding of organic reaction mechanisms from performing organic chemistry experiments Open
The use of laboratory work to improve students’ knowledge of theory is one that is disputed. Student reflections of what they learn during practical work repeatedly show that students rarely think about theory. There is a lack of data that…
View article: The Nature of Party Categories in Two‐Party and Multiparty Systems
The Nature of Party Categories in Two‐Party and Multiparty Systems Open
Categories are one of the primary ways by which people make sense of complex environments. For political environments, parties are especially useful categories. By simplifying political life, party categories enable people to make sense of…
View article: The Social Value of Political Tolerance
The Social Value of Political Tolerance Open
Political tolerance, which is the willingness to extend civil liberties, is a core principle in a democracy. In the study of tolerance, scholars use some variation of the tolerance scale, which gives us individual and aggregated willingnes…
View article: The Paradoxical Effect of Speech-Suppressing Appeals to the First Amendment
The Paradoxical Effect of Speech-Suppressing Appeals to the First Amendment Open
Replication data and code for the article "The Paradoxical Effect of Speech-Suppressing Appeals to the First Amendment."
View article: My Trust in Government is Implicit: Automatic Trust in Government and System Support
My Trust in Government is Implicit: Automatic Trust in Government and System Support Open
Data and R files My Trust in Government is Implicit: Automatic Trust in Government and System Support
View article: P157 Sexual Health & Contraception: developing a one stop shop service using a collaborative approach between a Local Authority, Acute and Community Trusts
P157 Sexual Health & Contraception: developing a one stop shop service using a collaborative approach between a Local Authority, Acute and Community Trusts Open
Background/introduction This city on the South East coast has a high proportion of young people/LGBT with some of the highest STI/HIV rates in England (2013 gonorrhoea 162.1/100,000; HIV prevalence 8/1,000). GUM & contraception services we…
View article: Missing the Party: Political Categorization and Reasoning in the Absence of Party Label Cues
Missing the Party: Political Categorization and Reasoning in the Absence of Party Label Cues Open
This research addressed theoretical approaches in political science arguing that the American electorate is either poorly informed or dependent on party label cues, by assessing performance on political judgment tasks when party label info…
View article: Replication Data for "The Politics of Beauty: The Effects of Partisan Bias on Physical Attractiveness"
Replication Data for "The Politics of Beauty: The Effects of Partisan Bias on Physical Attractiveness" Open
Does politics cause people to be perceived as more or less attractive? As a type of social identity, party identifiers often exhibit in-group bias, positively evaluating members of their own party and, especially under conditions of compet…