Changes in Identity Attitudes as Reflections of Social and Cultural Change

MacKinnon, Neil J.; Luke, Alison

doi:10.2307/3341547

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“…The affective meanings of concepts (words) evolve within language communities. Within the last 30 years, in fact, we have witnessed marked changes in the meanings of such words as homosexual, lawyer, and father (MacKinnon and Luke 2002). 3 These are indicators of cultural changes themselves.…”

Section: Affect Control Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Redefining a Bizarre Situation: Relative Concept Stability in Affect Control Theory

Nelson

2006

Soc Psychol Q

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I analyze the process by which we react cognitively to information that contradicts our culturally held sentiments in the context of affect control theory. When bizarre, unanticipated events come to our attention and we have no opportunity to act so as to alter them, we must reidentify at least one event component: the actor, the behavior, or the person who is the object of the action. Currently, however, affect control theory includes no formal model predicting which concept will undergo reidentification. I consider theoretical reasons why actors, behaviors, and object persons each might be predicted to undergo reidentification more than the others. I also present an alternative prediction, consistent with affect control theory logic, based on the contribution made by each concept to the total deflection of the event; I label these discrete contributions “component deflections.” I then test these possibilities in two separate experimental studies, using event vignettes. By far, the most commonly reidentified event component is the behavior; this finding suggests a dynamism in the conceptualization of behaviors which has been underappreciated in a social psychological literature that focuses on self-identities.

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Section: Affect Control Theorymentioning

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Redefining a Bizarre Situation: Relative Concept Stability in Affect Control Theory

Nelson

2006

Soc Psychol Q

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“…The role of institutions and incentives in shaping political motivations is a key concern of political scientists (Bohnet, Frey, and Huck 2001; Bowles 2008; Jacobs 2009; Ostrom 2000; Reeson and Tisdell 2008) and of social scientists more generally (Benabou and Tirole 2006; MacKinnon and Luke 2002). Whether and why people engage in various political activities—voting, volunteering in political campaigns, contributing money to candidates for office, participating in social programs, running for political office, and supporting the provision of public goods and redistribution—are likely structured by their institutional context and the incentives that institutions create (Cho, Gimple, and Dyck 2006; Huckfeldt and Sprague 1995; Sinclair 2012).…”

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Motivational Crowding in Sustainable Development Interventions

2015

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We used a quasi-experimental research design to study the extent of motivational crowding in a recent sustainable development intervention in northern India. The project provided participants with both private and communal material benefits to enhance their incomes, and environmental and social information to inculcate pro-environmental motivations. We compared changes in reported motivations of participants for conserving forest resources, before and after project implementation, with changes in reported motivations of matched nonparticipants. We found that villagers who received private economic benefits were more likely to change from an environmental to an economic motivation for forest protection, whereas those who engaged in communal activities related to the project were less likely to change from an environmental to an economic motivation. These results, which indicate a substantial but conditional degree of motivational crowding, clarify the relationships between institutional change, incentives, and motivations and have important implications for the design of sustainable development interventions.

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“…While EPA ratings tend to be stable, shifts do occur. For instance, in looking at measures over 14 years, MacKinnon and Luke (2002) found political identities to be losing respect and sexuality identities increasing in evaluation. Analysis of characters could help to detect ACT identities that may be vulnerable to shifting fundamental sentiments.…”

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Villains, Victims, and Heroes in Character Theory and Affect Control Theory

Bergstrand

Jasper

2018

Soc Psychol Q

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We examine three basic tropes-villain, victim, and hero-that emerge in images, claims, and narratives. We compare recent research on characters with the predictions of an established tradition, affect control theory (ACT). Combined, the theories describe core traits of the villain-victim-hero triad and predict audiences' reactions. Character theory (CT) can help us understand the cultural roots of evaluation, potency, and activity profiles and the robustness of profile ratings. It also provides nuanced information regarding multiplicity in, and subtypes of, characters and how characters work together to define roles. Character types can be strategically deployed in political realms, potentially guiding strategies, goals, and group dynamics. ACT predictions hold up well, but CT suggests several paths for extension and elaboration. In many cases, cultural research and social psychology work on parallel tracks, with little cross-talk. They have much to learn from each other.

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Changes in Identity Attitudes as Reflections of Social and Cultural Change

Cited by 25 publications

References 13 publications

Redefining a Bizarre Situation: Relative Concept Stability in Affect Control Theory

Redefining a Bizarre Situation: Relative Concept Stability in Affect Control Theory

Motivational Crowding in Sustainable Development Interventions

Villains, Victims, and Heroes in Character Theory and Affect Control Theory

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