The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology (OXFORD HANDBOOKS SERIES)
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The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology (OXFORD HANDBOOKS SERIES)
Individual differences grounded in early socialization, genetic makeup, social context, and personality generate liberals and conservatives, Social Democrats and Christian Democrats, tolerant and intolerant individuals, more and less well-informed citizens, and sectarian partisan elites.
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The chapter by Lau and Redlawsk suggests that the use of cognitive shortcuts for reasoned political deliberation may not be as bad for mass political decision-making as once feared (also see Pierce & Lau, 2019). Brader and Gadarian also note that anxiety reduces reliance on heuristics but can have other negative effects on reasoning such as an
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features of the cognitive system: limited attention and working memory, implicit attitudes that lie outside conscious awareness, the rapid formation of habitual mental associations, and the interplay of affect and cognition.
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Threat plays a special role in the political life of a collective. It can galvanize and unify an in-group while leading to vilification of an out-group
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American Political Science Association (APSA), the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Standing Group, the Political Studies Association, the British Psychological Society, and standalone associations such as the German Political Psychology Network.
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Topics that did not make it into this volume include the political psychology of inequality, political extremism, populism and autocracy, and climate change.
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Citizens, as political information processors, are not blank slates. Their knowledge structures, beliefs, and attitudes shape the reception and interpretation of new stimuli. These existing knowledge structures are informed by socialization, lived experiences, as well as the current and past information environment.
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Political psychologists might regard political decisions as a high-level activity warranting conscious deliberation, yet political attitudes can be influenced by information of which someone may be unaware.