Doctoral Dissertation Research in Political Science

对少数民族的态度会对他们的生活产生重大影响。 美国人的投票行为。 即使在伟大的 大多数竞选活动中，候选人避免明确提及 或直接诉诸种族态度。 这个博士 论文研究探讨心理过程，通过 哪个种族可以影响选民对候选人的评价， 没有明确的种族信息。 具体来说，这项研究借鉴了认知理论， 心理学发展和测试心理现实模型 这两个过程都是选民对选举结果进行推断的过程， 候选人的种族立场和这些推论的影响 支持候选人。 一系列实验室实验 涉及虚构的候选人和竞选活动将在 评估各种竞选口号的效果。 这项研究完成后，将增加我们对 种族对政治态度和行为的持续影响 美国的

Attitudes toward racial minorities can have powerful effects on the voting behavior of Americans. This is true even in the great majority of campaigns where candidates avoid explicit references to race or direct appeals to racial attitudes. This doctoral dissertation research explores the psychological processes through which race can influence the voters' evaluations of candidates in the absence of explicit racial messages. Specifically this study draws upon theories from cognitive psychology to develop and test a psychologically realistic model both of the process by which voters draw inferences about the racial positions of candidates and of the effects these inferences have on support for candidates. A series of laboratory experiments involving fictitious candidates and campaigns will be conducted in which the effects of various campaign slogans are assessed. When completed this study will increase our understanding of the continuing effects of race on political attitudes and behavior in the United States.