Political Psychology of International Relations
In international relations, three cognitive psychological concepts are used to understand and decode the behavioral aspects of political leadership across the world: Confirmation Bias, Fundamental attribution error and Prospect theory.Critical thinking and decision making approach applied to political psychology allows us to carefully deconstruct a situation, reveal its hidden issues such as bias and manipulation and make the best decision from the available choices.The critical thinking approach would not eradicate difficult decisions in national or international politics. But it can help the decision makers to increase the number of positive choices we make.Tools of psychology might not be able to resolve the complexities involved in international and national politics, but it provi...