Sanjay Srivista draws some interesting connections between a recent Obama speech and a paper by P. E. Tetlock published in a psychology journal in 1981 (!). In general, I think we as political scientists don’t interact enough with research in psychology.
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I agree. If you are looking for references:
Goldgeier, J., & Tetlock, P.E. (2001). Psychology and international relations theory. In N. Polsby(Ed.), Annual Review of Political Science, 2001, (vol. 4). Palo Alto: Annual Reviews Press.
Tetlock, P.E., & Goldgeier, J. (2000). Human nature and world politics: Cognition, influence,and identity. International Journal of Psychology, 35, 87-96.
Goldgeier, J., & Tetlock, P.E. (2007). Psychological approaches complement, rather than contradict, international relations theories. In C. Reus-Smit & D. Snidal (Eds.) The OxfordHandbook of International Relations. New York: Oxford University Press.
Rose McDermott, Political Psychology in International Relations, University of Michigan Press, 2004.
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