Live Poster Session: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/8136158487?omn=91958783172
Melissa Xu
Melissa is a freshman at Wesleyan University and intends to major in Sociology. She comes from Hefei, Anhui, China. She is currently interested in both quantitative and qualitative research methods in the sociology field.
Abstract: In recent decades, the ideological polarization in American politics has increased and is still increasing across social issues. To understand why people in the same party are inclined to hold the same attitude towards the solutions of social issues, this research will study whether people affiliated with different parties tend to have cross-group different but in-group similar attributional bias when judging the cause of other people’s suffering. This studying based on the 2024 General Social Study(GSS)data, including 1508 participants who had valid responses for the measures of interest. The result shows that compared with conservatives and neutrals, liberals tend to attribute the cause of others’ suffering to external factors more.
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