APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Framing the Enemy: Authoritarianism, Metaphor, and Thoughts about Terrorism

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Cognitive

  • Anastasia Fitian
    Bridgewater State University
  • Isabel Bourget
    Bridgewater State University
  • Elizabeth Spievak
    Bridgewater State University

Abstract

The current study investigated how metaphorical frames and authoritarianism may influence how people conceptualize potential solutions for terrorism. Results indicated that authoritarians were more likely to support a military solution, and less likely to support an immunization or education solution.

Social Cognition

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