COMPASS to the Psychology of Voting #1 - How the food stamp program blinds you
It has almost become a trademark for Mette Frederiksen to radiate decisiveness. Voters love it. So says Sigge Winther in the first paragraph of Kompas til Valgets Psykologi(Compass to Election Psychology), where he and host Lars Hvidberg put the human Stone Age brain on the inspection table. Together with behavioral psychologist Annemette Staal, they examine how we voters react when Mette Frederiksen rushes through the food check in the Danish Parliament.
Why are humans so attracted to decisive people? Does the brain's preference for action figures have consequences for our democratic society? And can we, as voters, do anything to hack our way out of our blind spots?
"KOMPAS to Election Psychology" equips you to check your own psychological blind spots when you go to the polls on March 24. We have planned nine broadcasts on the political psychology of the election campaign, which will run throughout the entire campaign.
Research included in this section of KOMPAS:
Bar-Eli, Michael et al. (2007): “Action bias among elite soccer goalkeepers: The case of penalty kicks.” Journal of Economic Psychology. 28(5), pp. 606–621.
Kiderman, A. et al. (2013): “Unexplained complaints in primary care: evidence of action bias”. Journal of Family Practice. 62(8), pp. 408–413.
Kahneman, Daniel (2013): Thinking, Fast and Slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux Inc.
Olsen, Asmus L. (2017): “Responding to problems: actions are rewarded, regardless of the outcome.” Public Management Review. Vol.19 (9), pp. 1352–1364
Cast:
Annemette Staal, Sigge Winther, and Lars Hvidberg
Editorial team:
Linn Lüders, Silas Moody, Lars Hvidberg, Ida Torpe Thorhauge, Bjørk Hulten, Noa Jenkins, and Anton Jensen
Sound design:
Peter Sejersbøl
Produced by the INVI think tank – Institute for wicked , with support from the Carlsberg Foundation.