Psychology and Rational Actor Theory

Monroe, Kristen Renwick; Maher, Kristen Hill

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“…The decision making models used in both the sexual behavior literature and the dual process literature rely in part on the notion of a cost-benefit analysis, which developed from rational choice theory and expected utility theory (Harless & Camerer, 1994; Monroe & Maher, 1995; Riker, 1995). The main tenet of these theories is that people utilize a largely conscious, logical decision making process in order to arrive at decisions that are of the utmost benefit for themselves through what is termed a utility maximization procedure (Mongin, 1998).…”

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When Parsimony Is Not Enough: Considering Dual Processes and Dual Levels of Influence in Sexual Decision Making

Rendina

2015

Arch Sex Behav

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The literature on sexual decision making that has been used to understand behaviors relevant to HIV and STI risk has relied primarily on cognitive antecedents of behavior. In contrast, several prominent models of decision making outside of the sexual behavior literature rely on dual process models, in which both affective and cognitive processing are considered important precursors to behavior. Moreover, much of the literature on sexual behavior utilizes individual-level traits and characteristics to predict aggregated sexual behavior, despite decision making itself being a situational or event-level process. This paper proposes a framework for understanding sexual decision making as the result of dual processes (affective and cognitive) operating at dual level of influence (individual and situational). Finally, the paper ends with a discussion of the conceptual and methodological benefits and challenges to its use and future directions for research.

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When Parsimony Is Not Enough: Considering Dual Processes and Dual Levels of Influence in Sexual Decision Making

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2015

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“…It may be tempting to contrast these moral motivations with theories that stress the role of self‐interest in politics (see Teske, 1997), but there is a complex interplay between moral concerns and self‐interested concerns (Bellah et al ., 1985; Monroe, 1995; Stoker, 1992). Recent analysis does not ‘construe moral motives as inherently opposed to self‐interest ... but instead stresses the ways that the construction of one's very sense of self in politics is itself a moral project’ (Teske, 1997, p. 74).…”

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How Civic is the Civic Culture? Explaining Community Participation Using the 2005 English Citizenship Survey

2011

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Governments increasingly seek to involve citizens in public policy and management, often appealing to their civic virtue. But why do people participate in civic and community‐based actions? Drawing on theories of interpersonal behaviour, the article sets out four categories of citizen orientation that might influence participation: trust in government institutions, moral motivations, neighbourhood social norms and neighbourhood affect. Using the core sample component of the Home Office Citizenship Survey 2005, the analysis applies structural equation models (SEMs) to identify and explain four types of citizen act: influencing institutions individually, collective civic, citizen governance and community voluntarism. The results show that neighbourhood affect – having positive feelings about the neighbourhood – has a positive effect on civic behaviour. Citizens with low levels of political trust are more likely than others to engage in civic behaviour. Taking into account a range of socio‐economic and other factors, there is no significant effect of neighbourhood social norms and moral motivations on civic behaviour.

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“…2 The second but less common approach does not strictly separate moral concerns form self-interested ones, but rather explores the role of moral motives in politics as a complex interplay between moral and self-regarding considerations (Bellah et al, 1985;Stoker, 1992;Monroe, 1995).…”

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“…This does not mean that identifying the role that moral motivation plays in politics is a simple task. Much recent scholarship on political behavior and American politics has grappled with how to define the role that moral motives play in political life (Meehl, 1977;Sen, 1990;Mansbridge, 1990;Sunstein, 1991;Chong, 1991;Stoker, 1991 andMonroe, 1995). The impulse behind much of this scholarship is a reaction against the primacy of theories that stress the role of self-interest in politics-the so-called "rational actor" or "economic" approach to politics.…”

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“…The first and most common approach emphasizes the importance of non-self-interested, other-regarding or broadly "altruistic" motives in politics (Schumpeter, 1942;Downs, 1957;Buchanan & Tullock, 1962;Olson, 1965;Riker & Ordeshook, 1973;Moe, 1980). 2 The second but less common approach does not strictly separate moral concerns form self-interested ones, but rather explores the role of moral motives in politics as a complex interplay between moral and self-regarding considerations (Bellah et al, 1985;Stoker, 1992;Monroe, 1995).…”

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Beyond Altruism: Identity‐Construction as Moral Motive in Political Explanation

Teske

1997

Political Psychology

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This article explores conceptual issues pertaining to the role of moral motivation in political explanation. Employing data drawn from long interviews with political activists from across the spectrum of American politics, I criticize both rational actor models and so-called "dual" motivational theories, that focus on altruism as the primary moral motive in politics, in contrast to the narrow focus on a certain conception of self-interest. Against both of these approaches, I offer an identity-construction approach to moral motives in politics. This model focuses on the complex interweaving of self and moral motives, and in particular focuses on the concerns political activists have for what kind of person they are and whatkind of life they are living. These types of concerns are both moral and self-regarding, and therefore defy the dichotomy between self-and other-regarding at the heart of both rational actor and "dual" motivation accounts of moral motives.

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Psychology and Rational Actor Theory

Cited by 41 publications

References 25 publications

When Parsimony Is Not Enough: Considering Dual Processes and Dual Levels of Influence in Sexual Decision Making

When Parsimony Is Not Enough: Considering Dual Processes and Dual Levels of Influence in Sexual Decision Making

How Civic is the Civic Culture? Explaining Community Participation Using the 2005 English Citizenship Survey

Beyond Altruism: Identity‐Construction as Moral Motive in Political Explanation

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