The Handbook of Political Behavior: Volume 1

1 Political Psychology: a Whig History -- The Dawn of Modern Psychology -- Political Psychology Emerges in the Twentieth Century -- The Lasswellian Era: 1930–1950 -- Authoritarianism and Alienation: The 1950s -- The New Frontier in Political Psychology: Personal Efficacy and Involvement in the 1960s -- The Escalation of Psychological Approaches in the 1970s -- "Psychological" Variables: A Theoretical Note -- Summary and Concluding Statement -- References -- 2 Perception and Cognition: an Information-Processing Framework for Politics -- Some Problems in Behavioral Research on Politics -- Perception and Cognition: Clarifying the Concepts -- Perception and Politics -- Cognition and Politics -- Conclusion: The Relations between Political Thought and Political Behavior -- References -- 3 Psychobiography and Psychohistory -- Psychobiography: Causal Explanations of Individuals -- Psychobiography: Coherent Whole Explanations of Individuals -- Social Psychohistory: Causal Explanations of Group Behavior -- Social Psychohistory: Coherent Whole Explanations of Group Behavior -- References -- 4 Political Learning -- A Behaviorist Stimulus-Response Model of Political Learning -- Nonexperiential Learning -- Related Cognitive Processes -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 5 Community Psychology -- Historical Events in the Formation of Community Psychology -- Issues in the Definition of Community Psychology -- Models of Community Psychology -- Persistent Common Concerns -- References.