Theories of belief system structure and dynamics assume that belief systems are a person-level construct. However, measures of belief system structure do not measure the structure of person-level belief systems and instead measure aggregated belief system structure (e.g., the belief system in a particular country). In this paper, I show that a measure of conceptual similarity between attitudes and identities of a belief system works as a valid, reliable, flexible, and efficient measure of person-level belief system structure in the United States. In Studies 1 (N = 387), 2 (N = 389), and 3 (N = 598), I show conceptual similarity judgments are reliable and are related to measures of political engagement, political knowledge, attitude consistency, and preference congruence as predicted by computational models of belief system dynamics. In Studies 4 (N = 981) and 5 (N = 983), I show that conceptual similarity judgments are affected by partisan frames and that changes in conceptual similarity judgments are associated with attitude change as predicted by computational models of belief system dynamics. Conceptual similarity judgments can be used with a variety of attitudes and identities in easy to administer studies. It provides a tool to fill an empirical gap identified by theories of belief system dynamics. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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衡量一个人的信仰体系。

信念系统结构和动力学理论假设信念系统是个人层面的结构。然而，信仰体系结构的测量并不测量个人层面的信仰体系结构，而是测量聚合的信仰体系结构（例如，特定国家的信仰体系）。在本文中，我展示了衡量信仰体系的态度和身份之间概念相似性的方法是衡量美国个人水平信仰体系结构的有效、可靠、灵活和有效的衡量标准。在研究 1 (N = 387)、2 (N = 389) 和 3 (N = 598) 中，我表明概念相似性判断是可靠的，并且与政治参与、政治知识、态度一致性和偏好一致性的测量有关由信念系统动力学的计算模型预测。在研究 4 (N = 981) 和 5 (N = 983) 中，我表明概念相似性判断受党派框架的影响，并且概念相似性判断的变化与信念系统动态计算模型预测的态度变化相关。在易于管理的研究中，概念相似性判断可以与各种态度和身份一起使用。它提供了一种工具来填补由信念系统动力学理论确定的经验空白。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。在易于管理的研究中，概念相似性判断可以与各种态度和身份一起使用。它提供了一种工具来填补由信念系统动力学理论确定的经验空白。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。在易于管理的研究中，概念相似性判断可以与各种态度和身份一起使用。它提供了一种工具来填补由信念系统动力学理论确定的经验空白。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。