Concept information
social science subjects
social research
philosophy and the social sciences
philosophy and psychology
Preferred term
political psychology
Definition
- Political psychology is an interdisciplinary field concerned with research questions that lie at the intersection of psychology and political science. Lacking one widely accepted definition, political psychology might be conceptualized as the study of “how people think about politics and how this cognitive process affects their political behavior” (Monroe et al., 2009, p. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Political Psychology]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/political_psychology
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