1. Political Psychology
... motivated social cognition. In doing so they argue that the psychological basis of political conservatism can be explained by linking psychosocial motivational needs and their cognitive constructs to the adoption of politically conservative attitudes. The theory claims that there is a "matching process that takes place whereby people adopt ideological belief systems that are most likely to ... in the construction and preservation of ideological belief systems" (341). In order to better understand how psychosocial needs and motivations shape cognitive constructs that lead to the adoption...
- Word Count: 1764
- Approx Pages: 7
- Grade Level: Graduate