Political psychology investigates politics, politicians and political behavior through psychological perspectives, while also examining psychological processes through a socio-political lens, so that the relationship between the two fields runs in both directions. The interdisciplinary field draws on anthropology, economics, history, international relations, journalism, media studies, philosophy, political science, psychology and sociology, examining how beliefs, motivation, perception, cognition, information processing, learning, socialization and attitude formation shape phenomena including leadership, domestic and foreign policy, ethnic violence, war, genocide, group conflict, racist behavior, voting, nationalism and political extremism.
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Central QuestionPolitical psychology asks how psychological processes such as beliefs, motivation, perception and information processing shape political behavior, and how political context in turn shapes those same psychological processes. 1 Key DebateThe authoritarian personality theory, developed after World War II to explain susceptibility to fascism, carries acknowledged weaknesses in its F-scale measure and may have been more relevant to the period in which it was produced than to political behavior generally, a limitation later researchers such as Bob Altemeyer tried to address with revised trait-based measures. 1 Political Psychology
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His social identity theory is widely applied in political psychology to explain group-based political behavior.
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Political psychology (or psychology of politics) is an interdisciplinary academic field, dedicated to understanding politics, politicians and political behavior from a psychological perspective, and psychological processes using socio-political perspectives.
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There are many weaknesses associated with this syndrome and the F-scale. It may have been more relevant during the period in which it was produced, being shortly after World War II.
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