Critical Political Thinking: An Analysis of Undergraduate Students’ Higher-Order Thinking Skills and Preferred Political Values, Labels, and Leadership Traits

Author

Maya Mingo, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleFollow

Date of Award

12-2021

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy

Major

School Psychology

Major Professor

Merilee McCurdy

Committee Members

R. Steve McCallum, Sherry M. Bell, Karee Dunn, Merilee McCurdy

Abstract

The current study details the political values of students enrolled in an entry-level, multi-section educational psychology course at a large, southeastern United States university during the fall semester of 2017 (N = 167). Survey data were collected to identify the following: which political values and personality traits undergraduate students give the most priority when making political decisions, whether or not the political labels participants identified as most important to them are consistent with those common to their families, close friends, and childhood geographical regions, the quality of respondents’ self-reported label-value congruence, and the relation between the students’ critical thinking abilities and their success at identifying political values commonly associated with their self-reported political labels.

Recommended Citation

Mingo, Maya, "Critical Political Thinking: An Analysis of Undergraduate Students’ Higher-Order Thinking Skills and Preferred Political Values, Labels, and Leadership Traits. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2021.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/7022