Political Psychology

To complete the disagreement project, you must talk to someone for 15 minutes about a political topic. You must disagree with the person you’re talking to. Write a reflection about whether you really disagreed and whether you spoke with clarity and courage during the conversation why/why not?

Evidence: Take a picture of you and your conversation partner and write 1 page about why you disagree. Then show your interlocutor the summary of the conversation and ask them to sign the page to verify that you accurately described your conversation and include this summary in your Purpose Project journal. 

Start an argument about politics with at least six people who did not see it coming.  On the form, make a note of how many times each person tried to direct the conversation away from political disagreement. In your reflection, discuss the patterns you see. Why do you think some people were more comfortable discussing politics than others? Does it depend more on the person or your relationship? Did talking about politics improve or damage the relationship? 

Evidence: Include the argument form. At the end of each interaction, show your fighters the form explaining the purpose of the assignment and have them sign the form to confirm that you tried to argue with them about politics without clearing it with them first. 

Form a group of 8, and try to develop a list of ten propositions about ethics or politics that divide the group 3-5 or 4-4. 

Keep a log of every item of news you enconter for 24 hours. Rank the credibility of each item on a scale of 1 (fake news) to 10 (true). Then spend 1 hour searching for the "other side" for every news item, and update your credibility rankings. In your reflection, discuss how you evaluated credibilty during each round. What did you notice about the news you encountered? Why do you think you encountered the news you did? Do you think your information environment is generally credible or not credible? 

Evidence: Screenshots of the news, credibilty rankings, screenshots of the counter-news, revised rankings.