Researchers must commit to one primary model of human motivation to theorize well

Evidence

We can choose between the two most basic models of political man: peace-seeking man versus power-seeking man. But in my view we cannot do it effectively by incorporating both in our initial models. If we do that, results pointing to both assuredly will turn up, both being at work—as they are also in physical motion, language, or the malfunctioning of organisms. Nor can we do it by largely arbitrary commitments. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4382

Categorization

• XREF: Mirrors the reader’s law-merchant material where Milgrom confronted institutional vs. informational explanations rather than blending them eclectically.