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greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 21 st, 2020 at 2:41pm: greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 21 st, 2020 at 1:48pm: greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 21 st, 2020 at 1:41pm: greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 21 st, 2020 at 1:20pm: Dnarever wrote on Feb 21 st, 2020 at 12:57pm: AiA wrote on Feb 20 th, 2020 at 6:38am: Amazing every paragraph highlighted a different member we have here. The video was very good as well. Absolutely nailed it. Here we have aquasccot: 3. America’s Obsession with Entertainment and CelebritiesEssentially, the loyalty of Trump supporters may in part be explained by America’s addiction to entertainment and reality TV.
To some, it doesn’t matter what Trump actually says because he’s so amusing to watch. With the Donald, you are always left wondering what outrageous thing he is going to say or do next.
He keeps us on the edge of our seat, and for that reason, some Trump supporters will forgive anything he says.
They are happy as long as they are kept entertained. Bobby: 5. The Fear Factor: Conservatives Are More Sensitive to ThreatScience has shown that the conservative brain has an exaggerated fear response when faced with stimuli that may be perceived as threatening.
A 2008 study in the journal Science found that conservatives have a stronger physiological reaction to startling noises and graphic images compared to liberals.
A brain-imaging study published in Current Biology revealed that those who lean right politically tend to have a larger amygdala — a structure that is electrically active during states of fear and anxiety.
And a 2014 fMRI study found that it is possible to predict whether someone is a liberal or conservative simply by looking at their brain activity while they view threatening or disgusting images, such as mutilated bodies.
Specifically, the brains of self-identified conservatives generated more activity overall in response to the disturbing images.
These brain responses are automatic and not influenced by logic or reason.
As long as Trump continues to portray Muslims and Hispanic immigrants as imminent threats, many conservative brains will involuntarily light up like light bulbs being controlled by a switch.
Fear keeps his followers energized and focused on safety. And when you think you’ve found your protector, you become less concerned with offensive and divisive remarks. Panther: 7. The Dunning-Kruger Effect: Humans Often Overestimate Their Political ExpertiseSome who support Donald Trump are under-informed or misinformed about the issues at hand.
When Trump tells them that crime is skyrocketing in the United States, or that the economy is the worst it’s ever been, they simply take his word for it.
The Dunning-Kruger effect explains that the problem isn’t just that they are misinformed; it’s that they are completely unaware that they are misinformed, which creates a double burden.
Studies have shown that people who lack expertise in some area of knowledge often have a cognitive bias that prevents them from realizing that they lack expertise.
As psychologist David Dunning puts it in an op-ed for Politico, “The knowledge and intelligence that are required to be good at a task are often the same qualities needed to recognize that one is not good at that task — and if one lacks such knowledge and intelligence, one remains ignorant that one is not good at the task.
This includes political judgment.” These people cannot be reached because they mistakenly believe they are the ones who should be reaching others. Sprintcyclist: 11. Trump Taps into the Nation’s Collective Narcissism
Collective narcissism is an unrealistic shared belief in the greatness of one’s national group.
It often occurs when a group who believes it represents the ‘true identity’ of a nation — the ‘ingroup,’ in this case White Americans — perceives itself as being disadvantaged compared to outgroups who are getting ahead of them ‘unrightfully.’ This psychological phenomenon is related to relative deprivation (#6).
A study published last year in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science found a direct link between national collective narcissism and support for Donald Trump.
This correlation was discovered by researchers at the University of Warsaw, who surveyed over 400 Americans with a series of questionnaires about political and social beliefs.
Where individual narcissism causes aggressiveness toward other individuals, collective narcissism involves negative attitudes and aggression toward ‘outsider’ groups (outgroups), who are perceived as threats. Instead of psycho babble to analyze others Greg. I think you would be better off asking yourself why you need to lie all the time? Are you so sure of yourself that you need to lie? I think not!
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