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The Political Personality Of U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Aubrey Immelman

Psychology Faculty Publications

This paper presents the results of an indirect psychodiagnostic assessment of the political personality of U.S. vice president Al Gore, Democratic nominee in the 2000 presidential election, from the conceptual perspective of Theodore Millon.

Information concerning Al Gore was collected from published biographical and autobiographical accounts and political reports in the print media, and synthesized into personality profiles using the second edition of the Millon Inventory of Diagnostic Criteria (MIDC), which yields 34 normal and maladaptive personality classifications congruent with Axis II of DSM-IV.

The personality profile yielded by the MIDC was analyzed on the basis of interpretive guidelines …

A Dictator's Errors, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

With this article, IBPP initiates a series written by Ismael Sambra Haber. Sambra has published poetry, short stories, literary criticism, and essays in both Cuban and international magazines and journals. He also has worked as a stage actor and as a consultant, screenwriter, actor, and director of Tele Turquino. Sambra has published Para Ti Mujer (For You, Woman), Coleccion Plegables, 1978; Las Cinco Plumas y la Luz del Sol (The Five Feathers and the Sun Light), Editorial Oriente, 1987; Para No Ser Leido en Recital (Not to be Read at a Poetry Reading or Recital), Editorial Oriente, 1991; and Remolino …

Trends. U.S. Foreign Policy And The People's Republic Of China: A Behaviorist Perspective, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

Re-posted from November 8, 1998 [IBPP, Vol. 1, No. 2] in the context of the most current controversies in United States (US)-People's Republic of China (PRC) relations, the editor discusses foreign policy as it relates to China through the lens of behavioral psychology.

Psychological Comments On The 20th Century's New Man And Utopia, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article employs psychological theory, empirical data, and experimental perspective to comment on the viability of 20th century communist and fascist quests for the New Man and Utopia.

The Political Psychology Of Balance, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some political consequences of psychological balance theories.

Trends. Albright's Asia Society Speech: President Khatami's Reaction, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the interpretation by Western journalists of U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's June 17, 1998 speech to members of the Asia Society.

Trends. Abacha's Demise: Thoughts On Death In Life, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses whether or not the death of dictator and general Sani Abacha will lead to significant improvement for the lives of most Nigerians.

Social Construction Of Destabilization In Indonesia And Colombia: Recipe For Intelligence And Policy Failures, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes how social constructs can deleteriously affect the implementation of intelligence and policy programs in environments of political destabilization.

Trends. Current Events In Northern Ireland, Mexico, And Iraq: The Timeless Problem In Intelligence Operations, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the three kinds of intelligence operations and how they may make a future security challenge only that much more difficult to address.

Foreign Policy As Psychotherapy: Iatrogenic Disorders Of The People's Republic Of China, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article employs a model of foreign policy as psychotherapy to illustrate dilemmas in the political relationship between the United States (US) and the People's Republic of China (PRC).

Psychobiography And Postmodernism: From Galton To Gergen, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article comments on a recent psychobiographical analysis and methodological critique concerning the life of Francis Galton (Fancher, 1998).

Trends. Nonratification Of The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: The Logic Of Illogic, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the ratifying of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

Trends. A Contrarian View: Admiral Jeremiah And The United States Intelligence Community, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the Jeremiah Intelligence Report on the Intelligence Community's performance.

Psychoanalysis And The Soviet Secret Police: Another Look At The Eitingon Controversy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article provides a hypothetical damage assessment based on the assumption that Dr. Max Eitingon, a significant early member of the international psychoanalytic movement, was also a Soviet intelligence operative.

Trends. Pakistan Evens The Score: Do We Need An Overtime?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the recent Pakistani government nuclear detonations.

Trends. Viagra, Sex, And Contemporary Security Issues, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the collision between prurient interests and the significant impact of sex on global security Issues.

A Dialogue With John Kenneth Galbraith: Aspects Of Political Psychology, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes political psychological aspects of a short talk and question and answer session with John Kenneth Galbraith, Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics Emeritus at Harvard University.

Why Bulworth Is Bullfull, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article reviews the film Bulworth and uncovers its politically conservative messages.

The Return Of Godzilla: Political Psychology And Monsters, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes two political psychological functions of monsters in the movies, especially movie series.

Cognitive Complexity And The International Monetary Fund: An $18 Billion Question, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes two common political positions on the Clinton Administration's proposal to allocate an additional $18 billion to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and then offers a less common position. The three positions may be differentiated by the psychological construct of cognitive complexity.

Trends. Change Of Government In Indonesia: The Reinforcing And Shattering Of Myths, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses mythbusting in relation to Asian democracy.

Trends. The Truth In Northern Ireland, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the recent Northern Ireland peach agreement.

Trends. Campaign Funds, Satellite And Missile Technology, And The People's Republic Of China: The Real National Security Problem, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses a potential national security problem concerning a myriad of stories about (1) Chinese military intelligence funneling funds to the Democratic National and (2) antecedent, concurrent, and/or subsequent decisions to facilitate Chinese launching of US commercial satellites; and (3) the consequences of (1) and (2).

Attributions And International Political Conflict, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article highlights the relevance of some recent research on psychological attribution processes to the prevention, development, maintenance, exacerbation, and attenuation of international political conflict.

Blowing Smoke: Tobacco Companies, Anti-Tobacco Tax Policies, And International Security, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article illustrates how governmental tax policymakers are an insignificant threat to tobacco companies. Security implications are alluded to--viz., company relationships with illicit trafficking organizations, the health of populations, and tax policies towards illegal drugs if the last were to become legal.

Security Politics Of The Intelligence Quotient (Iq), Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes conceptual weaknesses of the intelligence quotient (IQ) and their security implications.

A Psychological Task Of The Historian, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article employs the philosopher Martin Heidegger's juxtaposition of being and language to highlight a very difficult an often ignored task of the historian.

Trends. Nuclear Tests In India: Is The Buddha Smiling?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses nuclear testing in India.

Assassinating Castro: A Peculiar Psychology, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The recent reporting (Bardach & Rohter, 1998) of yet another alleged assassination attempt launched from United States soil against Fidel Castro sets the occasion for offering a psychodynamic rationale for the quantity and quality of such attempts against the Cuban leader.

The Lexicon Of Political Psychology: Implications For Intelligence Analysis And Security Policy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some complexities of dispositional terms and the consequences for social psychological inferences informing intelligence analysis and security policy.