Social and Behavioral Sciences
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The Memory-Transfer Episode
by Larry Stern
Published as a "Time Capsule" piece in the APA Monitor, June 2010.
Download (.aspx)Bringing Attitudes back in: the evolution of false views among proletarian conservatives about welfare?
by Mike Buhl
In this (pending) essay I want to discuss four questions: (1) What are ‘welfare attitudes’? (2) Is it possible to... more
In this (pending) essay I want to discuss four questions: (1) What are ‘welfare attitudes’? (2) Is it possible to measure “welfare attitudes” using the survey method? (3) Who are the enemies of welfare and the state? (4) How much amount of trust/distrust do the enemies of the welfare state have for welfare and the state?
Method:
It will be beneficial to see if smaller surveys are fruitful to use while measuring growing anti-welfare attitudes among individuals embedded in the educational process.The core emphasis is on the formation of “welfare” attitudes on individuals and the division of views on the following areas: inequality, government responsibility, social justice, taxation, government economic action, public spending, welfare attitudes, wage principles, welfare limits, trust, etc.