Psikologi politik merupakan satu bidang akademik yang agak baharu, yang mana menggunakan gabungan pendekatan daripada bidang psikologi sosial dan sains politik. Tujuan utama bidang psikologi politik adalah untuk memahami bagaimana pemikiran dan tingkah laku individu mempengaruhi situasi politik. Kajian ini dijalankan menggunakan kaedah kajian kepustakaan untuk memperoleh maklumat berkenaan konsep psikologi politik secara lebih mendalam dengan merujuk sumber-sumber literatur melalui penelitan artikel dalam jurnal, buku dan laman web rasmi pihak-pihak yang berkaitan dengan konsep psikologi politik. Di samping itu, tujuan utama kajian ini adalah untuk menghuraikan secara ringkas bidang psikologi politik yang merangkumi pengenalan terhadap bidang ini, personaliti di dalam psikologi politik, dan kognisi dan identiti sosial di dalam psikologi politik. Kajian ini turut membincangkan topik mengenai toleransi dan keharmonian etnik di Sabah berserta cadangan haluan penyelidikan yang boleh dijalankan berdasarkan sudut psikologi politik. Kajian ini tidak bertujuan untuk menjadi panduan dan rujukan yang komprehensif mengenai bidang psikologi politik lantaran pengkhususan bidang ini yang agak luas. Kajian ini boleh memberi pemahaman umum terhadap psikologi politik, serta menyediakan landasan kajian toleransi dan keharmonian etnik di negeri Sabah, Malaysia.

Kata kunci: Psikologi politik, toleransi, keharmonian etnik, etniksiti, Sabah.

Abstract

Political psychology is a relatively new academic field that uses a combination of approaches from social psychology and political science. The main goal of political psychology is to understand how individual thoughts and behaviors affect political situations. This study was conducted using the library research method. To obtain information on political psychology in more depth is by referring to literature sources through the analysis of articles in journals, books, and official websites of parties related to the concept of political psychology. In addition, the primary purpose of this study is to briefly describe the field of political psychology, which includes an introduction to this field, personality in political psychology, and cognition and social identity in political psychology. This study also discussed the topic of tolerance and ethnic harmony in Sabah. It proposed research directions that can be conducted based on political psychology. This study is not intended to be a comprehensive guide and reference on the field of political psychology due to the relatively broad specialization of this field. This study aims to provide a general understanding of political psychology and then offer a platform for analyzing tolerance and ethnic harmony in Sabah, Malaysia.

Keywords: Political psychology, tolerance, ethnic harmony, ethnicity, Sabah.

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