POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE, ATTRIBUTION, AND INFERRED INTEREST IN POLITICS: THE OPERATION OF BUFFER ITEMS |
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| Authors: | Schwarz Norbert; Schuman Howard |
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| Institution: | Norbert Schwarz is Professor of Psychology and Howard Schuman is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Michigan; both are research scientists at the Institute for Social Research. |
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| Abstract: | Bishop (1987) observed that being unable to answer a politicalknowledge question decreased self-reported interest in publicaffairs. This effect was unaffected by the introduction of upto 101 unrelated buffer items. In contrast, a single bufferitem that provided respondents with an external explanationfor their lack of knowledge greatly reduced the context effectin the present study. Implications for the operation of bufferitems are discussed. |
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