The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology (OXFORD HANDBOOKS SERIES)
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The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology (OXFORD HANDBOOKS SERIES)
anger and anxiety in driving selective information exposure.
information processing is thought to proceed through a series of stages: (1) exposure and attention; (2) comprehension; (3) encoding, interpretation, and elaboration; (4) organization and storage in memory; and (5) retrieval (Vonnahme 2019).
realistic interest theories, which place emphasis on shared material interests and conflict over tangible resources
social identity theory, which stresses social prestige and intergroup respect as motives for intergroup behavior
Some people, some of the time, are motivated by accuracy; others by affiliation; still others by a principle of least effort.
How well are citizens equipped to handle their democratic responsibilities (Le Cheminant & Parrish, 2011
consists of the traits Narcissism, Machiavellianism, Psychopathy, and Sadism (Buckels et al., 2013) and captures antisocial personality traits that are not well represented in the Big Five
If those with the information needed to make a fully informed decision are also the most biased in their reasoning, rational deliberation seems like an unattainable political ideal.