What is psychobiography and what purpose does it serve?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Psychobiography is a genre of historical biography based on psychoanalysis. Political psychologists apply psychoanalysis to explain violence and terrorism.
Learning Objective: 4-1: Identify the founders and historical contexts of the psychoanalytic tradition.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Applying to History and Politics
Difficulty Level: Medium
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