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Figure 15.1 Schematic Illustration of Continuum of Effort
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Citizens, as political information processors, are not blank slates. Their knowledge structures, beliefs, and attitudes shape the reception and interpretation of new stimuli. These existing knowledge structures are informed by socialization, lived experiences, as well as the current and past information environment.
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social identity theory, which stresses social prestige and intergroup respect as motives for intergroup behavior
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consists of the traits Narcissism, Machiavellianism, Psychopathy, and Sadism (Buckels et al., 2013) and captures antisocial personality traits that are not well represented in the Big Five
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If those with the information needed to make a fully informed decision are also the most biased in their reasoning, rational deliberation seems like an unattainable political ideal.
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attitude as the association in memory between a given entity and a summary evaluation of the entity (Fazio et al. 1982).
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Authoritarianism is a personality trait “that values social cohesion and conformity to in-group norms over personal freedom and individual autonomy” (Engelhardt et al., 2021, p. 4).
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attitudes can be generated unconsciously without factual knowledge (e.g., through perceptual fluency or classical conditioning).