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Trends. Verification Of Nuclear Weapons Treaties: Do "Open Skies" Make A Difference? Necessarily Enjoying It, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

Trends. Verification Of Nuclear Weapons Treaties: Do "Open Skies" Make A Difference? Necessarily Enjoying It, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the implication of "Open Skies" on the misperceptions and government deceptions leading to increased conflict and war.


A Political Psychological Primer Of Virtual Reality Sequelae For Mental Health Professionals, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

A Political Psychological Primer Of Virtual Reality Sequelae For Mental Health Professionals, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This paper describes a number of sequelae stemming from virtual reality (VR) and VR technology (VRT) based on theoretical and empirical research in the behavioral sciences, social sciences, humanities.


En Colombia Muere La Democracia, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

En Colombia Muere La Democracia, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses corruption that can happen in elections especially in Columbia.


Trends. Political Psychology Commentary On The United States' President's Commission On Critical Infrastructure Protection Summary Report, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

Trends. Political Psychology Commentary On The United States' President's Commission On Critical Infrastructure Protection Summary Report, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the PCCIP summary report that was released on October 22 (1997) in Washington, DC.


Ernesto Guevara De La Serna, Che Guevara, And The Power Of "As If", Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

Ernesto Guevara De La Serna, Che Guevara, And The Power Of "As If", Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the political benefits of acting as if a reality that is but fantasy were reality.


Sex, Drugs, And Rock And Roll: Does Science Matter?, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

Sex, Drugs, And Rock And Roll: Does Science Matter?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the subverted perspective that science has further human knowledge.


"Brainwashing" And The Death Of Jean Pasqualini, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

"Brainwashing" And The Death Of Jean Pasqualini, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some salient psychological Issues related to the concept of "brainwashing."


Trends. Political Psychologies Of Welfare, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

Trends. Political Psychologies Of Welfare, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the pros and cons of government welfare programs.


The Public And Private Selves Of Political Leaders: Sex As Pipeline To The Political Soul, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

The Public And Private Selves Of Political Leaders: Sex As Pipeline To The Political Soul, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes a consequence of linkages between sexual and political attributions.


A Bias Of Intelligence Testing, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

A Bias Of Intelligence Testing, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes a bias of intelligence testing that is explicated less often, yet is more profound than the biases commonly presented in psychology textbooks.


Amnesty For Amnesty: Towards An International Criminal Court, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

Amnesty For Amnesty: Towards An International Criminal Court, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This paper articulates some of the psychological and philosophical Issues underlying political conflict on the question of amnesty.


The Psychology Of Country-Of-Origin Labeling: An Example From Environmentalism, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

The Psychology Of Country-Of-Origin Labeling: An Example From Environmentalism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This paper describes psychological Issues that affect the political consequences of country-of-origin labeling.


Trends. Assassination As A National Security Tool: When Is Killing Time The Right Time?, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

Trends. Assassination As A National Security Tool: When Is Killing Time The Right Time?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the use of assassination as a national security tool.


Trends. Motivations Of Espionage: Spying On The Wisconsin 3, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

Trends. Motivations Of Espionage: Spying On The Wisconsin 3, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses charges against 2 men and a woman with spying against the government of the United States of America since they were students during the 1970s at the University of Wisconsin.


The Psychophysiology Of Detecting Lies: More Problems, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

The Psychophysiology Of Detecting Lies: More Problems, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes a recent study that illustrates the complexity of empirically validating the psychophysiological detection of deception.


Philosophical Issues In Verification Of Weapons Limitation, Reduction, And Nonproliferation Treaties, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

Philosophical Issues In Verification Of Weapons Limitation, Reduction, And Nonproliferation Treaties, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some of the philosophical Issues that permeate the belief systems of individuals attempting to craft and/or evaluate the verification components of various weapons-related treaties.


Euro-Psychology: When Money Is More Than Money, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

Euro-Psychology: When Money Is More Than Money, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some psychological roles of money and the import of these roles for domestic and international economics. The coming of the euro is used as an example.


Trends. Environment And Security In An Era Of Globalization: Why Kyoto Matters, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

Trends. Environment And Security In An Era Of Globalization: Why Kyoto Matters, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

THe author discusses the international meeting on global warming set for Kyoto, Japan in December 1997, in which the United States government (USG) still has not provided significant input as to direction, agenda, criteria, and the like.


To The Best Of My Recollection: Memory Malingerers And Congressional Testimony, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

To The Best Of My Recollection: Memory Malingerers And Congressional Testimony, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article (1) describes some common concepts of clinical research on memory malingering and (2) advocates the heuristic value of these concepts for political committees seeking to devise methods that elicit truthful statements from individuals providing testimony.


Pen, Peru, Pornography, Propaganda, And Power, Ibpp Editor Oct 1997

Pen, Peru, Pornography, Propaganda, And Power, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the postmodern approaches to basic tenets of science which often deconstruct basic concepts such as cause and effect, prediction, empirical validation, and the like.


Trends. Globalization As A Projective Stimulus, Ibpp Editor Sep 1997

Trends. Globalization As A Projective Stimulus, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses how the political psychology of individuals, groups, organizations, and other entities change in an era of globalization.


The Political Psychology Of Deception Research Ii, Ibpp Editor Sep 1997

The Political Psychology Of Deception Research Ii, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

A previous IBPP article (V. 2, No. 9, "The Political Psychology of Deception Research" described some of the complexities in assessing how psychological assessment instruments are vulnerable to deception--e.g., the purposeful "faking bad" of test takers. That article focused on some ethical Issues of deception research and the concept of the social transformation of knowledge that threatens reliability and validity of assessment instruments through time. The present article focuses on a methodological consideration in documenting the threat of deception to psychological assessment.


Trends. Libya, Iraq, And Sanctions-Busting Through Common Decency, Ibpp Editor Sep 1997

Trends. Libya, Iraq, And Sanctions-Busting Through Common Decency, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses UN placed sanctions against Libya related to the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am aircraft in flight in which 270 people died.


The Desirability Of Social Desirability: More Than A Response Set, Response Style, Or Disposition?, Ibpp Editor Sep 1997

The Desirability Of Social Desirability: More Than A Response Set, Response Style, Or Disposition?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some of the more significant denotations of social desirability and discusses the construct as boon or bane for political psychological researchers.


Perplexed And Circumplexed: The Structure Of Social Behavior In A Political World, Ibpp Editor Sep 1997

Perplexed And Circumplexed: The Structure Of Social Behavior In A Political World, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article posits some Issues needing to be clarified to increase the explanatory and predictive value of circumplex models of social behavior.


Political Assassinations: Primary Prevention In Representative Democracies, Ibpp Editor Sep 1997

Political Assassinations: Primary Prevention In Representative Democracies, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes a social psychological approach to decreasing the probability of some political assassinations


Trends. Mother Teresa And The War On Poverty, Ibpp Editor Sep 1997

Trends. Mother Teresa And The War On Poverty, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses Mother Teresa's views on poverty.


A Moral Dilemma For The Political Psychologist: Decreasing Criminal Violence As Symptom, Ibpp Editor Sep 1997

A Moral Dilemma For The Political Psychologist: Decreasing Criminal Violence As Symptom, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes two approaches to decreasing criminal violence and the moral dilemma in choosing between them.


Getting Away With Murder: The Mass Media's Role In Staging Crime, Ibpp Editor Sep 1997

Getting Away With Murder: The Mass Media's Role In Staging Crime, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes a problem created by the mass media and confronted by criminal-investigative analysts at crime scenes at which murder seems to have been perpetrated.


Trends. The Land Mines Treaty: A Strict Constructionist Approach, Ibpp Editor Sep 1997

Trends. The Land Mines Treaty: A Strict Constructionist Approach, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the United States Government (USG) announcement that it will not sign the Land Mines Treaty because land mines are still needed to protect US security