<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "The Psychological Imperative in Political\r\nProcesses in Nigeria"^^ . "The nature of politics involves the coordination of peaceful human co-existence. Given its central\r\nplace in human existence, politics has a great importance in fostering a better living condition of\r\npeople. But when wrongly pursued and exercised, political power becomes a destructive tool in\r\nthe hands of political leaders. In view of this importance, it becomes an imperative to subject\r\nthose vying for political positions to psychological (personality) test in order to validate their fitness\r\nand usefulness in ensuring the purpose of politics which among others includes the coordination\r\nof human society. This paper employs observatory, dialogical and discursive methods in examining\r\nthe interlock between politics and psychology. It highlights some abnormal behaviours\r\ndisplayed by our political leaders and argues that the withdrawer of psychology and psychologists\r\nto the background in political matters in Nigeria spells doom for the country at large. Thus, it recommends\r\nthat there must be a deliberate fusion of politics (political science) and psychology,\r\nbeyond mere referencing them as belonging to the social sciences. In other words, there must be a\r\ndeliberate intellectual merger of politics and psychology within the university system and the\r\npublic sphere. It also recommends that psychologists should get involved in national discourse not\r\njust as citizens but also as professionals who can provide answers to national issues especially in\r\nregards to analyzing the behaviours of political leaders and determining whom are fit to lead. Finally,\r\nit holds that the civil society and psychologists have a viable role to play in redressing the\r\nsocio-political “madness” in the corridor of power in Nigeria. Importantly, this paper does not\r\ndiscuss the wide variety of personality tests and does not pretend to have conducted any personality\r\ntest on any public office holder, but suggests that personality tests are necessary in order to\r\nensure sanity in our polity by recruiting the “right people”—people without personality disorder\r\n"^^ . "2014" . . . "Scientific Research Publishing"^^ . . . "Open Journal of Social Sciences"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Godwyns .A."^^ . "Agbude"^^ . "Godwyns .A. Agbude"^^ . . "A."^^ . "Elegbeleye"^^ . "A. Elegbeleye"^^ . . "Nchekwube. O."^^ . "Excellence-Oluye"^^ . "Nchekwube. O. Excellence-Oluye"^^ . . "Joy"^^ . "Godwyns-Agbude"^^ . "Joy Godwyns-Agbude"^^ . . . . . . "The Psychological Imperative in Political\r\nProcesses in Nigeria (PDF)"^^ . . . "psychological imperative in pp.pdf"^^ . . . "The Psychological Imperative in Political\r\nProcesses in Nigeria (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #3901 \n\nThe Psychological Imperative in Political \nProcesses in Nigeria\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "JA Political science (General)"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Joy"^^ . "Godwyns-Agbude"^^ . "Joy Godwyns-Agbude"^^ . ""^^ . . "Nchekwube. O."^^ . "Excellence-Oluye"^^ . "Nchekwube. O. Excellence-Oluye"^^ . ""^^ . . "A."^^ . "Elegbeleye"^^ . "A. Elegbeleye"^^ . ""^^ . . "Godwyns .A."^^ . "Agbude"^^ . "Godwyns .A. Agbude"^^ . ""^^ .