Abstract
S OCIAL SCIENTISTS HAVE LONG been concerned with the processes by which psychological forces shape political behavior. This interest reflects the persistent belief that the psychological properties of individuals structure not only the receipt and processing of external stimuli, but the behavioral responses emitted as well. Literally dozens of theories of political psychology have been generated to explain the internal operating mechanisms of the black box. Yet this research has not been very successful at producing models of political behavior. ' A few fruitful efforts at quasi-clinical analyses have been produced but research developing and testing empirically based models of the psychological determinants of political behavior is relatively scarce. One area of inquiry showing some promise, however, is that which focuses on the consequences of
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