Cognitive Complexity: Kim Jong One's Personality

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Introduction

Each leader in the international world plays a role in the outcome of events either internationally and/or domestically in their own nation. Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea implements his own agendas for his own self-interest. Part of this self-interest leads into the field of political psychology. Political psychology at the most basic level is the understanding of psychology which is then applied to study of politics. Part of the study includes the traits, motives, cognitions and social context; which ultimately leads to the idea of cognitive complexity. When studying Kim Jong Un, one has to look at the whole picture to understand what is real cognitive reasoning is. As a result, Kim Jong Un’s cognitive complexity is very low because his decisions does not benefit the his country of North Korea as a whole but rather it creates a situation where the people of North Korea are suffering from these decisions.

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Cognitive complexity is the idea of a leader’s ability to either have see things in a “black and white” or see the nation’s goals in a more broader spectrum (Winter 124). A leader with a high cognitive complexity sees the goals of his/her nation on a broader spectrum and is able to make decisions in a more decisive manner. While on the other hand, a person with a low cognitive complexity only sees the nation from point A to point B. Does not really look at other aspects of the issue but just on how to get to a goal. People that are able to integrate different point of views in the in more complex processes are able to solve issues in a more diplomatic ways. Those groups that are not able to do this have the tendency to escalate the situation to war (124). Kim Jong Un by his actions has a low cognitive complexity because of his low ability to integrate different point of views in his

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