Examining the relationship between politics and psychology

Political psychologists combine disciplines
In the run-up to the presidential election in November, the interdisciplinary field of political psychology, a combination of economics, history, international relations, political science, sociology, psychology, and other disciplines, offers a means of examining behaviors and political values and beliefs.
Psychologists from these various disciplines treat clients and conduct research that contribute to the field of political psychology in different ways.
Rose McDermott, Ph.D, researches the importance of psychology as it relates to our understanding of global politics. McDermott is the director of postdoctoral programs and a professor of international relations at Brown University.
In her book, “...