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Ideology, Elections, and False Beliefs . Syllabus www.uni.edu/harton/SYLL12.htm Ideas for the semester Classic approaches. First things. Classic study of biased assimilation What is the idea of the article? Are there any problems with the study?
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Syllabus www.uni.edu/harton/SYLL12.htm • Ideas for the semester • Classic approaches First things
Classic study of biased assimilation • What is the idea of the article? • Are there any problems with the study? • Would this happen for more moderate attitude holders (Harton & Latané, 1997)? • Does this happen with other sorts of information? • Why? • What are the implications of these findings for media consumption? Lord, Ross, & Lepper, 1979
What is a meme? A contemporary legend? • How/why are rumor and legend memes transmitted? • What is the idea of emotional selection? How does it differ from previous approaches? • What are some examples of rumors/legends that evoke particular emotions (e.g., happiness, anger, fear)? • Describe Study 1. Why would these factors be important? • How did Study 2 differ? • Study 3? • Problems with studies? • What implications does this study have for false beliefs? Heath, Bell, & Sternberg, 2001
Your examples • Do these approaches partly explain why people hold these beliefs? • What else may help explain it? • Next week….Festinger et al. and article to be emailed False beliefs that people hold