PSCI 4376 Lecture 15: How Do People Make Decisions
30 Dec 2017
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Inflation, income inequality, taxation, state of economy, unemployment, energy: most cited in economy was state of economy, 11. 2, many are affected by social issues. Immigration , law and order, environment, healthcare, poverty in the us. Immigration was the most cited, 8. 9: most do not experience issues in foreign policy/ir on a daily basis or on heavy degrees, through media. Syria, poverty in poor countries, terrorism, ukraine, isis, refugee crisis: 10. 5% said isis, we talk about terrorism/isis, refugee, poverty in poor countries. Sense of people being pivotal is essentially 0. It leaves the entire decision process to act or not/decide or not is a negative number, all just a function of c (cost). I and a - my decision, benefits for me, costs occurring to me to aggregate involving a group in the decision as well. Similar to satisficing/bounded rationality: we take signals or cues. If you like trump and he makes a statement, you will agree with what he says.
