Email this article The features of the first impression effect in political perception
- Authors: Bakuleva K.K.1, Andriyanova N.V.1, Petrov M.V.1, Golovanova I.V.1
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Affiliations:
- Saint Petersburg State University
- Issue: Vol 14, No 4 (2017)
- Pages: 27-36
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1991-8569/article/view/52254
- ID: 52254
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Abstract
The research is aimed at studying the features of the first impression effect in political perception. The research consists of two experiments. The first experiment is devoted to the study of the influence of evaluating the facial attractiveness of a candidate for further electoral choice. The second experiment is devoted to the study of the influence of the first impression, based on the evaluation of the candidate's political initiatives, on the further electoral choice. The results of the first experiment showed that a negative evaluation of attractiveness didn’t lead to a decrease in the further political evaluation, but even lead to its increase. The results of the second experiment don’t allow to conclude that the first impression influences electoral choice, since in this case the subjects didn’t have a dissonance between the primary data and the subsequent information about the candidate. Brief data about the political views of the candidate turned out to be more significant for electoral choice than detailed biographical information.
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Karina K. Bakuleva
Saint Petersburg State University
Email: karina.bakuleva@gmail.com
Cand. Psych. Sci., Assistant Lecturer of Political Psychology Department 7-9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034
Natalia V. Andriyanova
Saint Petersburg State University
Email: andriyanova89@mail.ru
Cand. Psych. Sci., Senior Lecturer of Psycology Department 7-9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034
Maksim V. Petrov
Saint Petersburg State University
Email: petrov_m@list.ru
Cand. Psych. Sci., Researcher 7-9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034
Irina V. Golovanova
Saint Petersburg State University
Email: ir.golovanova@gmail.com
Postgraduate 7-9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034
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