Ukrainian students’ political decision making after the Revolution of Dignity

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2015

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Lviv Polytechnic Publishing House

Abstract

Article is presented the results of the study students’ decision making on parliamentary elections 2014 in Ukraine. It is showed that revolution events on Maidan did not influence the process of decision making for whom to vote in more meaningful way. More active citizens made the same cognitive errors as less active. But they felt statistically more confident in their choice of parties and deputies, in the quality of back up information, and that in case of failure, they again ready to go to the barricades. The possibility to change the future by increasing the rationality of the citizens’ choice is discussed.

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political decision making, Revolution of Dignity, rationality, illusion of competence, cognitive errors

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Shyroka A. Ukrainian students’ political decision making after the Revolution of Dignity / Anastasia Shyroka, Dzvenyslava Kobecka, Roksolana Danyliv // Litteris et Artibus : proceedings of the 5th International youth science forum, November 26–28, 2015, Lviv, Ukraine / Lviv Polytechnic National University. – Lviv : Lviv Polytechnic Publishing House, 2015. – P. 432–433. – Bibliography: 5 titles.