Blame and Political Attitudes: The Psychology of America's Culture War

Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Figures
1: Blame: A Social-Psychological Perspective
	The Search for a Cause
	This Is Common Sense!
	The Social World as a Courtroom
	Why Blame?
	Biases in Causal Attribution
	Culture and Blame
	A Note About the Term “Bias”
	Worldview: Is American Polarization a Myth?
	Plan of the Book
2: Economic Issues
	The Undeserving Poor
	“It’s the Economy, Stupid”
3: Issues of Sexuality
	Ambivalence About Abortion
	Were You Born Gay?
	She Was Asking for It
4: Racial Issues
	The Paradox of Contemporary Racial Attitudes
	If Only They’d Try Harder, We Wouldn’t Need Affirmative Action
	Causes of Police Violence Toward Black Americans: A Few Bad Apples or a Broken System?
5: Issues of Violence
	Why Do They Hate Us?
	Terrorism Is What the Other Guys Do
	How to Stop a Bad Guy With a Gun
	Some Final Thoughts on Responsibility for Violent Actions: I Was Just Following Orders
6: Blame in the Age of Donald Trump
	The Psychology of Donald J. Trump
	The Psychology of Trump Supporters
	Trump’s Use of Blame During the Campaign: Mexican Immigrants, “Radical Islam,” Obama, and “Crooked Hillary”
	Trump’s Use of Blame During His Presidency: Radical Democrats, Fake News, and China
	Why Do Trump Supporters Not Hold Him Responsible?
7: Blame, Ideology, and Reason for Hope
	“Why Blame?” Revisited
	“Cancel Culture”
	A Few More Words on Ideology and Blame
	Reason for Hope: Attributions of Blame Can be Influenced
	Final Thoughts
Index