The Social Psychology of Politics [electronic resource] /

Early studies of political behavior examined the sociological, attitudinal, and rational determinants of political behavior. However, none of these approaches provided a descriptive model of how people process political information and make political decisions under naturalistic conditions that involve limited cognitive capacity and motivation. Fortunately, contemporary approaches within the field of political psychology have begun to address these concerns. Inspired by recent advances in the area of social psychology, researchers are rapidly developing more realistic and detailed models of the psychological process that determines political judgements and behavior. Early attempts to merely predict political behavior have been replaced by an attempt to describe the actual process whereby individuals gather, interpret, exchange, and combine information to arrive at a political judgement or decision. This volume provides comprehensive coverage of this pioneering era of research in political psychology.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Ottati, Victor C. editor., Tindale, R. Scott. editor., Edwards, John. editor., Bryant, Fred B. editor., Health, Linda. editor., O’Connell, Daniel C. editor., Suarez-Balzacar, Yolanda. editor., Posavac, Emil J. editor., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2002
Subjects:	Psychology., Political science., Sociology., Personality., Social psychology., Cognitive psychology., Personality and Social Psychology., Cognitive Psychology., Sociology, general., Political Science.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0569-3
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