How politics became so uncivilized (SOP43)

Speaking of Psychology

Kim Mills

Health & Fitness, Life Sciences, Science, Mental Health

4.3 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2016

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Political elections ought to bring out the good in people – aren’t they a chance to talk about plans and hopes for the future? But lately they have come to resemble brawls on a playground. When did it become OK to wave insulting signs at rallies or call candidates ugly names? Why are so many candidates focusing on the personal instead of policy? In this episode, Jonathan Haidt, PhD, talks about incivility in politics and how psychological research can help us understand each other a little better and return civility to politics. APA is currently seeking proposals for APA 2020, click here to learn more https://convention.apa.org/proposals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.3	Many Americans feel they are embattled in a culture war that is not only dividing them, but stressing them out.
0:44.2	An American Psychological Association survey showed that 52% of American adults report that the 2016 election is a significant source of stress. This type of stress could be largely
0:57.1	related to people's differing views on what is fact and what is moral. In this episode, we speak
1:03.9	with a psychologist about how scientific research into how people think and behave can help us
1:09.5	understand how we became so divided and how we can come back
1:13.2	together. I'm Audrey Hamilton, and this is speaking of psychology.
1:27.4	Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist at New York University's Stern School of Business.
1:32.5	His research has focused on the moral foundations of politics and on ways to transcend the
1:37.8	culture wars by using recent discoveries in moral psychology to foster more civil forms of
1:43.0	politics. He is the author of the Happiness
1:46.0	Hypothesis and of the New York Times bestseller, The Righteous Mind, Why Good People Are Divided by
1:51.7	politics and religion. Welcome, Dr. Haidt. Thank you, Audrey. Pleasure to be here.
1:56.8	Cifility in politics. That sounds like a pipe dream, especially in a presidential election year.
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