Political psychology : situations, individuals, and cases / David Patrick Houghton
- Bib ID:
- 4582043
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Houghton, David Patrick
- Description:
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- New York : Routledge, c2009
- xii, 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780415990134
- 0415990130
- 9780415990141
- 0415990149
- 9780203889114
- 0203889118
- Summary:
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"What shapes political behavior more: the situations in which individuals find themselves, or the internal psychological makeup - beliefs, values, and so on - of those individuals? This is perhaps the leading division within the psychological study of politics today. Political Psychology Situations, Individuals, and Cases provides a concise, readable, and conceptually organized introduction to the topic of political psychology by examining this very question." "Using this situationism - dispositionism framework - which roughly parallels the concerns of social and cognitive psychology - this book focuses on such key explanatory mechanisms as behaviorism, obedience, personality, group-think, cognition, affect, emotion, and neuroscience to explore topics ranging from voting behavior and racism to terrorism and international relations."
- Full contents:
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- 1. The Conceptual Scheme of This Book
- 2. A Brief History of the Discipline
- Pt. I. The Situation
- 3. Behaviorism and Human Freedom
- 4. The Psychology of Obedience
- 5. Creating a "Bad Barrel"
- 6. Group Decision-Making
- Pt. II. The Individual
- 7. Psychobiography
- 8. Personality and Beliefs
- 9. Cognition
- 10. Affect and Emotion
- 11. Neuroscience
- Pt. III. Bringing the Two Together
- 12. The Psychology of Voting Behavior
- 13. The Psychology of Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Genocide
- 14. The Psychology of Racism and Political Intolerance
- 15. The Psychology of Terrorism
- 16. The Psychology of International Relations
- 17. Conclusion: A Personal View.
- Notes:
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- Formerly CIP.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-266) and index.
- Subject:
- Political psychology
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 2009
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