School of Humanities and Social Science Division of Social Science 196 Linking Public Records to Investigate Long-term Social Change Supervisor: HENDRY David James / SOSC Student: CHAN Nok Sang / QSA Course: UROP 1000, Summer This UROP project investigates the long-term effect of the Columbine high school shooting in 1999 on the political behaviors of victims. The school yearbook and Ancestry.com are used to match their voting records. After matching all victims' voting records, it was discovered that a higher number of victims support the Republican Party (n=105) compared to the Democratic Party (n=74). Given the Republican Party's general stance in favour of gun rights and against stricter gun control, further could be done to delve into the underlying reasons. In terms of the control group, additional research could explore whether a school in close proximity to or farther away from Columbine High School would have a more unbiased treatment effect. Political Psychology, Eye Tracking, and Human Decision Making Supervisor: HENDRY David James / SOSC Student: LI Jianyi / BCB LIAO Yi-tsen / ECOF XU Han / MAEC Course: UROP 1100, Fall UROP 1100, Fall UROP 2100, Fall The scarcity mindset is a cognitive load that narrows focus and compromises decision-making when lacking resources. Existing research has provided experimental evidence from an economic perspective, but the neuroscience and cognitive mechanisms behind this distraction remain unexplored. This project utilizes eyetracking technology to explore how individuals' cognitive bandwidth depletes within a scarcity mindset. By examining the underlying mechanisms, our research contributes to the discourse on poverty and enhances our understanding of the scarcity mindset. This innovative approach offers valuable insights into the cognitive processes involved and informs strategies for addressing poverty-related challenges in the real world. This progress report will provide an overview of current achievements and experimental designs, while also outlining areas for further improvement and enhancement. Political Psychology, Eye Tracking, and Human Decision Making Supervisor: HENDRY David James / SOSC Student: LIAO Yi-tsen / ECOF LO Yan Ling Charis / GCS-IHSS WANG Runxuan / QSA XU Han / MAEC Course: UROP 2100, Spring UROP 1100, Spring UROP 1100, Spring UROP 3100, Spring In the spring of 2024, the team working on the UROP project entitled “Political Psychology, Eye Tracking, and Human Decision Making,” finalized a general set of procedures for performing eye-tracking studies in the Cognitive and Behavioral Research Lab in the Division of Social Science at HKUST, as well as the specific design elements for a future study that will likely be conducted in the summer and fall semesters of 2024. Specifically, the team developed an eye-tracking study to examine certain features of the so-called “scarcity mindset”. Our research contributes to the discourse on poverty and enhances our understanding of the scarcity mindset.
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