图书简介
This volume seeks to add a unique perspective on the complex relationship between psychology and politics, focusing on three analytical points of view: 1) psychology, politics, and complex thought, 2) bio/psycho/social factors of masculinity and power, and 3) underlying factors in political behavior. Contributors examine recent political events worldwide through a psychological lens, using interdisciplinary approaches to seek a deeper understanding of contemporary political ideas, psychologies, and behaviors. Finally, the book offers suggestions for surviving and thriving during rapid political change.
Among the topics discussed:
Biopsychological factors of political beliefs and behaviorsUnderstanding political polarization through a cognitive lensImpact of psychological processes on voter decision makingMotivations for believing in conspiracy theoriesNonverbal cues in leadershipAuthoritarian responses to social changeThe Psychology of Political Behavior in a Time of Change is a timely and insightful volume for students and researchers in psychology, political science, gender studies, business and marketing, and sociology, as well as those working in applied settings: practitioners, government workers, NGOs, corporate organizations.
1 Introduction.- 2 Blue brain, red brain: The biopsychology of political beliefs and behaviors.- 3 Behavioral epigenetics: The underpinnings of political psychology.- 4 How diversity in nature impacts political psychology.- 5 Psychology, politics and complex thought: A time for postformal thought in politics.- 6 How do cognitive styles influence political attitudes? A joint consideration of dual-process model and construal level theory.- 7 Understanding polarization through a cognitive lens.- 8 Postformal psychology: The new normal in times of exponential change.- 9 Political cognition: The unconscious mechanisms underlying political beliefs and actions.- 10 How psychological processes impact voter decision making.- 11 How belief in conspiracy theories addresses some basic human needs.- 12 Why is populism so robustly associated with conspiratorial thinking? Collective thinking and the meaning maintenance model.- 13 Pathways to social connection and civility in a time of political and social polarization.- 14 Voice and votes: Gender, power and politics.- 15 Political identity development in a changing world.- 16 Nonverbal cues in leadership.- 17 Inclusion of conservatives in science: Acknowledging liberal and conservative social cognition to improve public science attitudes.- 18 Can we deliberate? How motivated reasoning undermines Democratic deliberation and what we can do about it.- 19 American national identity: Issues of race, culture, social class, gender and politics affected by social change.- 20 ’Authoritarian responses to social change: Psychological mechanisms underlying the election of Donald Trump.- 21 Psychological mechanisms underlying the populist threat to democracy.- 22 Trumped: Making sense of the “Narcissist-in-Chief”.- 23 Psychological reactions to “House of Cards”: The role of transportation and identification.- 24 Political betrayal, political agency, and international politics.- 25 (De)humanization of Muslim immigrants: Newspaper discourse and public responses during the UK 2015 general election.- 26 Quantitative and qualitative methods of predicting geopolitical events.- 27 Control and counter-control in Brazilian public policies: Conjectures from a humanist-contextualist behaviorism.