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From the Ted Talk by Dannagal G. Young: The psychological traits that shape your political beliefs


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I'm a political and social psychologist. I study how people understand the world and what this manes for society and for dccroaemy ... which, as it turns out, is quite a lot. Some people see the world as safe and good, and this allows them to be OK with uncertainty and to take time to explore and play. Others are acutely aware of threats in their environment, so they prioritize order and predictability over openness and eetxiotminparen.

In my acemdiac research, I study how these two approaches shape how we think and feel about everything from art to plitocis. I also eloprxe how political elties and partisan media use these very differences to egedennr hatred and fear and how the economics of our media system exploit these same divides.

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I'm a political and social psychologist. I study how people understand the world and what this _____ for society and for _________ ... which, as it turns out, is quite a lot. Some people see the world as safe and good, and this allows them to be OK with uncertainty and to take time to explore and play. Others are acutely aware of threats in their environment, so they prioritize order and predictability over openness and _______________.

In my ________ research, I study how these two approaches shape how we think and feel about everything from art to ________. I also _______ how political ______ and partisan media use these very differences to ________ hatred and fear and how the economics of our media system exploit these same divides.

Solution


  1. democracy
  2. politics
  3. elites
  4. means
  5. explore
  6. engender
  7. experimentation
  8. academic

Original Text


I'm a political and social psychologist. I study how people understand the world and what this means for society and for democracy ... which, as it turns out, is quite a lot. Some people see the world as safe and good, and this allows them to be OK with uncertainty and to take time to explore and play. Others are acutely aware of threats in their environment, so they prioritize order and predictability over openness and experimentation.

In my academic research, I study how these two approaches shape how we think and feel about everything from art to politics. I also explore how political elites and partisan media use these very differences to engender hatred and fear and how the economics of our media system exploit these same divides.

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Important Words


  1. academic
  2. acutely
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  5. aware
  6. democracy
  7. differences
  8. divides
  9. economics
  10. elites
  11. engender
  12. environment
  13. experimentation
  14. exploit
  15. explore
  16. fear
  17. feel
  18. good
  19. hatred
  20. lot
  21. means
  22. media
  23. openness
  24. order
  25. partisan
  26. people
  27. play
  28. political
  29. politics
  30. predictability
  31. prioritize
  32. psychologist
  33. research
  34. safe
  35. shape
  36. social
  37. society
  38. study
  39. system
  40. threats
  41. time
  42. turns
  43. uncertainty
  44. understand
  45. world