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Ukrainian students’ political decision making after the Revolution of Dignity

Anastasia Shyroka1 sudylovska [at] ukr.net
Dzvenyslava Kobecka2 dzvenyslava.kobetska [at] gmail.com
Roksolana Danyliv
  1. Theoretical and Applied Psychology Department, Institute of Law and Psychology, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine, Lviv, 1/3 Knyaz Roman St.
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.

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