Daniel Richard Minns
Biographic Data
| ID | 4369892 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Richard Minns |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Minns |
| SIGNATURE | MINNS D R |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Agent influence on political learning: An experimental study
This experimental study investigates the role of three agents—parent, teacher, and friend—in the socialization of issue beliefs of fifth- and sixth-grade children. The authors studied 164 pupils by asking them to complete stories about nuclear energy, refugees, space exploration, and so forth. Two dimensions are the level of issue salience (high versus low stimulus), and the issue agreement among agents (homogeneous versus heterogeneous cues). It…
Agent credibility and receptivity influences on children's political learning
Ideological Distance between Candidates: An Empirical Examination
In An Economic Theory of Democracy, Anthony Downs posits his theory of ideological choice. This theory states that political parties, in a rational effort to maximize votes and win elections, will generally attempt to match candidate ideological opinion with the distribution of ideological opinion in the electorate. To test some implications of this theory, we use the 435 congressional districts and the 32 states holding elections in 1966 as the …
The Benevolent Leader Revisited: Substantive Finding or Methodological Artifact
The Development of Political Ideology Some Empirical Findings
Ideological Distance between Candidates: An Empirical Examination
In An Economic Theory of Democracy, Anthony Downs posits his theory of ideological choice. This theory states that political parties, in a rational effort to maximize votes and win elections, will generally attempt to match candidate ideological opinion with the distribution of ideological opinion in the electorate. To test some implications of this theory, we use the 435 congressional districts and the 32 states holding elections in 1966 as the …
The Benevolent Leader Revisited: Substantive Finding or Methodological Artifact
The Development of Political Ideology Some Empirical Findings
Agent influence on political learning: An experimental study
This experimental study investigates the role of three agents—parent, teacher, and friend—in the socialization of issue beliefs of fifth- and sixth-grade children. The authors studied 164 pupils by asking them to complete stories about nuclear energy, refugees, space exploration, and so forth. Two dimensions are the level of issue salience (high versus low stimulus), and the issue agreement among agents (homogeneous versus heterogeneous cues). It…
Agent credibility and receptivity influences on children's political learning
The Development of Political Ideology Some Empirical Findings
Ideological Distance between Candidates: An Empirical Examination
In An Economic Theory of Democracy, Anthony Downs posits his theory of ideological choice. This theory states that political parties, in a rational effort to maximize votes and win elections, will generally attempt to match candidate ideological opinion with the distribution of ideological opinion in the electorate. To test some implications of this theory, we use the 435 congressional districts and the 32 states holding elections in 1966 as the …
The Benevolent Leader Revisited: Substantive Finding or Methodological Artifact
Agent credibility and receptivity influences on children's political learning
Agent influence on political learning: An experimental study
This experimental study investigates the role of three agents—parent, teacher, and friend—in the socialization of issue beliefs of fifth- and sixth-grade children. The authors studied 164 pupils by asking them to complete stories about nuclear energy, refugees, space exploration, and so forth. Two dimensions are the level of issue salience (high versus low stimulus), and the issue agreement among agents (homogeneous versus heterogeneous cues). It…
Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (2 works)