POL 346 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Modern Liberalism In The United States, Party System, Belief
5 Feb 2019
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A psychological tendency that is expressed by evaluating an object with some degree of. Psychological tendency - state that is internal to the person. This tendency is a type of bias that predisposes a person toward evaluative response. Valence: direction of the attitude (positive or negative) Extremity: the degree to which the person likes or dislikes the attitude object. I believe no civilian should own a gun except for farming or hunting purposes, . What is an attitude? favor or disfavor that positive or negative policy) Properties of attitudes responded as a 7 on a scale of 1-7 for measuring how much gun control i want across situation (can be weak, strong, or somewhere in between) medium strength attitude. Where do attitudes come from? be able to predict your attitudes across a wide range of issues. We expect engaged citizens to have attitudes about political objects ex. We expect these attitudes to predict their political behavior ex.
