INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE GOVERNMENT’S REMEMBRANCE POLICY
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE GOVERNMENT’S REMEMBRANCE POLICY
Author(s): Patryk Wawrzyński, Marek A. Muszyński, Gabriela Czarnek, Ralph SchattkowskySubject(s): Governance, Government/Political systems, Political behavior, Political psychology, Social psychology and group interaction, Cognitive Psychology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: government’s remembrance policy; political attitudes; need for closure; knowledge on history; interest in history; interest in politics
Summary/Abstract: The paper presents results of the experimental study on the government’s remembrance policy, attitudes towards it, and the influence of remembrance narratives. It discusses individual differences of participants on three different grounds: (1) interest in history or politics, and level of historical knowledge, (2) features of cognitive motivation measured by the need for closure questionnaire: preference of order, desire for predictability, discomfort with ambiguity, closed mindedness and decisiveness, and (3) response to the presented narrative, including inspired emotions and an assessment of a story. Collected data and research observations offer an interesting and valuable insight into relationships between various factors and citizen’s support for the remembrance policy. They also lead the team to formulate three conclusions which may be used to develop theoretical understandings of this aspect of politics within political science and related disciplines.
Journal: Polish Political Science Yearbook
- Issue Year: 44/2015
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 125-139
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English