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IN 1974, THE JUDICARY COMMITTEE OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HELD HEARINGS, AND VOTED TO RECOMMEND THAT PRESIDENT NIXON BE IMPEACHED. THE PRESENT ARTICLE REPORTS AN ANALYSIS OF THE VOTES ON THIS MATTER BY MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, AN ANALYSIS OF INTEREST TO POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS INTERESTED IN EXPLAINING POLITICAL BEHAVIOR.

Students in Brazil, China, Sweden, and the United States were compared as to how they responded to a two-stage conditional probability problem. In each culture, there was not only a significant tendency to stick with an initial decision when they should stick, but also to stick when
they should switch. On this type of problem, the four cultures did not differ significantly.

Data on self‐placement and political perception on an ideology scale from surveys of adults in Sweden and the U.S. were analyzed and compared. Consensus in political perception, the correlation between perception of the party's and its leader's position, distinctiveness and polarization, subjective agreement, and a rational democratic coefficient were all substantially higher in Sweden. In spite of these differences, evidence of assimilation and contrast effects in perception was observed within both countries.

Two theories of political perception -- displacement theory & political cue -- are used in conjunction with interview data from the 1980 National Election Study (N = 1,614 US adults, a representative sample) to analyze the abortion issue. Although both theories are supported, neither can account for the anomaly of collective misperception of Ted Kennedy's position. Experimentally manipulating the salience of politics & religion affected perception of Kennedy's position in a way that supports an extended version of political cue theory. 3 Tables, 1 Figure, 24 References. Modified AA

Kathleen Murphy Beatty & B. Oliver Walter (see SA 32:3/84N9896) report a r between religion & tolerance of social deviants. Unfortunately, they fail to note that one question regarding communists is scored in the opposite direction from parallel questions regarding four other deviant categories; consequently, their indices for communists are incorrect. When this error is corrected, the link between tolerance for atheists & tolerance for communists emerges as the strongest r revealed by the data; in addition, the tolerance scores of the various religions are significantly altered. In Response to Granberg, B. Oliver Walter (U of Wyoming, Laramie) points out that correction of the error noted by Granberg strengthens the relationship observed & leaves the main conclusions unchallenged, though it changes details. 1 Table. W. H. Stoddard.