SGER: Reactions to Katrina--Emotions, Stereotypes, and Policy Evaluation

SGER：对卡特里娜飓风的反应——情绪、成见和政策评估

• 批准号: 0555137
• 负责人: Leaf Van Boven
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-11-01 至 2007-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0555137&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SGER; Reactions; Katrina; Emotions; Stereotypes

How do people's emotional reactions to Hurricane Katrina influence their evaluation of public policies and governmental bodies such as FEMA, the Presidential Administration, Congress, and local/state governments? How do people's emotional reactions influence their stereotype usage and attitudes toward racial issues regarding Hurricane Katrina? This project will seek answers to questions such as these by building on research indicating that because emotions such as anger are associated with appraisals of certainty whereas emotions such as fear and sadness are associated with appraisals of uncertainty, individuals who experience anger are less likely than those who experience fear or sadness to engage in critical thinking, and are more likely to exhibit stereotypic behavior. The proposal will test three hypotheses: first, individuals in emotional states associated with certainty will exhibit more stereotype usage compared with individuals in emotional states associated with uncertainty; second, individuals in emotional states associated with certainty will exhibit more politically polarized attitudes and policy evaluations compared with individuals in emotional states associated with uncertainty; and, third, that these influences of specific emotions will be accentuated by individuals' physical and social proximity to Hurricane Katrina. The proposal will advance basic scientific knowledge in social psychology, law, and judgment and decision making regarding the interplay between specific emotions, stereotypic behavior, public policy evaluation, and political polarization. Understanding these processes will allow citizens and lawmakers to have more informed discussions and to craft more deliberate laws and policies about these very important issues.

人们对卡特里娜飓风的情绪反应如何影响他们对公共政策和政府机构（如联邦应急管理局、总统行政部门、国会和地方/州政府）的评价？ 人们的情绪反应如何影响他们对卡特里娜飓风种族问题的刻板印象和态度？ 该项目将通过建立研究来寻求诸如此类问题的答案，这些研究表明，由于愤怒等情绪与确定性的评估有关，而恐惧和悲伤等情绪与不确定性的评估有关，因此经历愤怒的人比经历恐惧或悲伤的人更不可能进行批判性思维，并且更有可能表现出刻板行为。 该提案将检验三个假设：第一，与不确定性相关的情绪状态下的个体相比，与确定性相关的情绪状态下的个体会表现出更多的刻板印象使用;第二，与不确定性相关的情绪状态下的个体相比，与确定性相关的情绪状态下的个体会表现出更多的政治极化态度和政策评估;第三，这些特定情绪的影响将因个人在卡特里娜飓风中的身体和社会接近程度而加剧。 该提案将推进社会心理学，法律，判断和决策方面的基本科学知识，涉及特定情绪，刻板行为，公共政策评估和政治极化之间的相互作用。了解这些过程将使公民和立法者能够进行更知情的讨论，并就这些非常重要的问题制定更深思熟虑的法律和政策。