Theories of political behavior

mechanisms of denial, repression, displacement and transference.(Freud) The introduction of psychoanalysis in personality studies of political figures starting in the 30s, 40s, and 50 was the birth of Political Psychology. Harold Lasswell who…

A Tale of Two Theories: Political Philosophy and Humanism Philosophy “Are not the Confucians rites and the Legalist laws one and the same notion? One could think so, as these rites and laws have the same goal: to regulate the behavior of each individual so as to establish a social order.” China’s modern day success story can be traced back to 6th century B.C.E, when two major philosophies began to shape the culture, Confucianism and Legalism. These philosophical theories equally impacted…

Field Theory. According to Kist-Ashman (2014) Field Theory identify “…a group should be view as an entity moving through its immediate environment in pursuit its goals.” (p.79). The first concept is valance that refers to have involvement and participation and it is important cohesion which is an important to feel part of the group. The next concept is leadership and the different leaderships that may exist in group (authoritarian, democratic, and laissez-fire). Other concept is the role of…

Graduate Student Extra Paper: Cognitive Dissonance Theory Cognitive dissonance is a state that a person may enter when their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are not aligned with each other. This inconsistency causes dissonance, which is unwanted, so a person can be motivated to remove if the dissonance becomes too strong. To feel this dissonance, a person will need to feel responsible for their actions and the consequences of their actions. These consequences need to be aversive, irrevocable,…

Question #4 Many theories have arisen in regards to the process of the democratization of regimes. Democratization is “a process that a country complete once it transitions from authoritarian to a basic minimum democratic threshold [which is called democratic transition], or it may be a more indefinite, ongoing process that continues to consolidate even after a country has reached a basic level of political and civil freedoms [known as democratic consolidation]” (Dickovick and Eastwood 117).…

Systems Theory, as stated by David Easton, “When we look out on the concrete world of reality, we perceive a bewildering display of phenomena. If we are to orient ourselves in the world, either as actors or as scientists, we must select certain phenomena as a worthy of attention while disregarding other phenomena.” Also, our country needs war on drugs because of the behavior of the Filipinos. For David Easton believes that everything has a limit, this country needs new policies to discipline its…

economicus or the economic man can be referred to the concept of many theories of economics. It portrays human beings as self-interested and rational agents, who pursue optimally the subjectively defined ends. Homo economicus maximizes the utility as the customer and profitability as the producer. The whole theory is compared to the different concepts of economic behavior, cognitive biases as well as homo reciprocans. In the game theory, the homo economicus is related and associated with the…

events and processes in the international life of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty first century, such as the formation of the United Nations; the development of integration processes in Europe, America and Asia; the growth of economic, political and cultural globalization; led to the strengthening of the influence of international relations, the development of world politics and the manifestation of global processes in the life of every society and every person. Moreover, the…

test on these corporations to find which corporations are connected to those who also have the most connections. In other words, being connected to neighbors with more connections makes one powerful. This would further indicate that the power elite theory is important, as these corporations would have the most information flowing amongst them. After running the test, I found that Kraft Foods Inc had the highest Bonacich score (-2.127). Following this, General Electric (-2.104), Coca Cola Co.…

economists. The award-winning economist and political scientist, Herbert A. Simon, argued that decision making process by humans is not perfectly rational. He noted that decision ability is bounded by not only time and resources available but also by the limited cognitive skills and imperfect information available on the alternatives and payoffs. Considering these limitations, he suggested an alternative theory, bounded rationality theory, to explain human behavior (Kahneman 1450). Others have…