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social science subjects > psychology > applied psychology > political psychology > cognitive theory and politics
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social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > political psychology > cognitive theory and politics

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cognitive theory and politics  

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  • Many models of psychology have been applied to political attitudes and behavior. Psychodynamic models predominated in the early work of scholars such as Harold Lasswell, who sought to apply psychology to politics, and in psychobiographies such as the one conducted of Woodrow Wilson by Alexander and Juliette George. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Cognitive Theory and Politics]

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