Social Psychology Arena

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• Hardback: 352 pages
• Published: October 2012
• ISBN: 978-1-84169-445-0
• Publisher: Psychology Press

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In recent decades, research in political psychology has illuminated the psychological processes underlying important political action, both by ordinary citizens and by political leaders. As the world has become increasingly engaged in thinking about politics, this volume reflects the exciting new work by political psychologists to understand the contemporary functioning of government. Explorations in Political Psychology includes some of the most important new work.

Table of Contents

J.A. Krosnick, I.A. Chiang, Introduction. J.B. Bendor, Aspiration-Based Models of Politics. R.M. Kramer, Identity Threats and Identity Repairs: How Leaders Construe and Respond to Identity-Threatening Predicaments. D.J. McAdam, Toward a Social Psychology of Social Movements. P.G. Mitchell, P.E. Tetlock, Experimental Political Philosophy: Justice Judgments in the Hypothetical Society Paradigm. N.J. Shook, J.A. Krosnick, R.K. Thomas, I.A. Chiang, D.K. Cohen, Exploring the Structure of Public Opinion Change: Policy Attitudes and Their Importance Before vs After September 11^th. T.K. Vescio, A. Cuddy, F. Crosby, Racism, Complexity, and Affirmative Action.

Author/Editor Biography

Jon Krosnick, Ph.D., is Frederic O. Glover Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences at Stanford University, Professor of Communication, Political Science, and Psychology, and Director of the Stanford Methods of Analysis Program in the Social Sciences. Author of four books and more than 140 articles and book chapters, Dr. Krosnick conducts research in three primary areas: (1) attitude formation, change, and effects, (2) the psychology of political behavior, and (3) the optimal design of questionnaires used for laboratory experiments and surveys, and survey research methodology more generally. Dr. Krosnick's scholarship has been recognized with the Phillip Brickman Memorial Prize for Research in Social Psychology, the Midwest Political Science Association's Pi Sigma Alpha Award, the Erik Erikson Early Career Award for Excellence and Creativity in Political Psychology, and a fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.