Political psychology [electronic resource] : situations, individuals, and cases / David Patrick Houghton.

"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: Situati...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Houghton, David Patrick
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2015.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Two Conceptual Schemes or Distinctions
  • 2. Brief History of the Discipline
  • pt. I Situation
  • 3. Behaviorism and Human Freedom
  • 4. Psychology of Obedience
  • 5. Creating a "Bad Barrel"
  • 6. Group Decision-Making
  • pt. II Individual
  • 7. Psychobiography
  • 8. Personality and Beliefs
  • 9. Cognition
  • 10. Affect and Emotion
  • 11. Biopolitics, Neuropolitics, and Genopolitics
  • pt. III Bringing the Two Together
  • 12. Psychology of Voting Behavior
  • 13. Psychology of Political Communication, Persuasion, and the Mass Media
  • 14. Psychology of Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Genocide
  • 15. Psychology of Racism and Political Intolerance
  • 16. Psychology of Terrorism
  • 17. Psychology of International Security
  • 18. Future of Political Psychology.