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Donald Trumps election suggests supporters view an outsiders lies as symbolic protests against the establishment.................................................................
In an online study, 424 participants read about a hypothetical race for a college student body president. The fictional candidate running against the incumbent had no student government experience. During a debate, the incumbent mentioned research supporting a campus alcohol ban. Half of the study subjects read that the research was not in a peer-reviewed journal and that the outsider candidate had noted this. The other half read that it was peer-reviewed, but the outsider lied and said it was notan easily checkable claimand that the outsider made a sexist remark about the researchers, violating another social norm.
Within each of those two groups, half also read that the incumbent's legitimacy was in question. The other half read that he was a good student representative. Study participants also completed a personality test and were randomly told the result matched either the incumbent's or the outsider's. Finally, they rated the outsider's authenticity.
When subjects were told they shared the outsider's personality type and the incumbent's legitimacy was in question, both men and women rated the lying, misogynistic outsider as more authentic than the honest outsider. The research appeared in the February issue of American Sociological Review.
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The researchers did tie the study to the 2016 election by surveying 402 participants, who were told that one of Trump's tweets about global warming being a hoax had been definitively debunked. Trump supporters were more likely than Clinton supporters to see the tweet as not literal but as a challenge to the elite. They were also twice as likely to rate their preferred candidate as highly authentic.
Within each of those two groups, half also read that the incumbent's legitimacy was in question. The other half read that he was a good student representative. Study participants also completed a personality test and were randomly told the result matched either the incumbent's or the outsider's. Finally, they rated the outsider's authenticity.
When subjects were told they shared the outsider's personality type and the incumbent's legitimacy was in question, both men and women rated the lying, misogynistic outsider as more authentic than the honest outsider. The research appeared in the February issue of American Sociological Review.
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The researchers did tie the study to the 2016 election by surveying 402 participants, who were told that one of Trump's tweets about global warming being a hoax had been definitively debunked. Trump supporters were more likely than Clinton supporters to see the tweet as not literal but as a challenge to the elite. They were also twice as likely to rate their preferred candidate as highly authentic.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/honest-liars-dishonest-leaders-may-be-perceived-as-authentic/
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Honest Liars: Dishonest Leaders May Be Perceived as Authentic (Original Post)
ehrnst
Feb 2019
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NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)1. It reminds me of at least two modern politicians.
Thanks for sharing this. It was an interesting read.