Psychology and International Relations Theory
@inproceedings{Goldgeier2003PsychologyAI, title={Psychology and International Relations Theory}, author={James M. Goldgeier and Philip E. Tetlock}, year={2003} }
Organized around several major theoretical traditions in international relations, this essay suggests which literature in psychology should be of greatest interest to different kinds of international relations scholars. New work in cognitive social psychology and behavioral decision theory simultaneously expands on and qualifies earlier error-and-bias portraits of the foreign policy maker, thereby enriching our understanding of internal divisions within the realist camp. Work on bounded…
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