The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology (OXFORD HANDBOOKS SERIES)
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The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology (OXFORD HANDBOOKS SERIES)
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.
realistic interest theories, which place emphasis on shared material interests and conflict over tangible resources
Individuals do not act within a vacuum. Their behavior varies with, and responds to, differences in political institutions, political cultures, leadership styles, and social norms.
bounded and low-information rationality.
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).
How well are citizens equipped to handle their democratic responsibilities (Le Cheminant & Parrish, 2011
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.
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.
the paradox of voting, a major problem for rational choice theory, in which the costs of voting far exceed its expected benefit to one’s self-interest, suggesting that it is irrational even though frequently practiced