Faculty Name

Alina Oxendine

Document Type

Syllabi

School

CLA

Department

PSCI

Course Subject

PSCI

Course Number

3740

Course Section

1

Course Title

Political Psychology

Academic Term and Year

Spring 2017

Credits

4.00

Hamline Plan Letter

O, W

Area of Study

PSCI

Course Description

Goals: To explore the intersection of political science and social psychology using a comparative perspective. To analyze how citizens from a variety of cultural and governmental contexts think and feel about politics. To examine thought processes of political leaders, probing to discover why leaders make decisions that they do. To learn about research areas associated with political psychology and ways scholars go about testing their theories about political behavior. Content: Personality and politics, right and left wing authoritarianism, altruism, stereotyping and prejudice, political culture, social capital and community involvement, influence of mass media, groupthink, interplay of public opinion and elite decision making, methodologies associated with political psychology (experimentation, opinion polls, in-depth interviews, and focus groups). Taught: Alternate years. Prerequisite: PSCI 1110 is recommended. Credits: 4

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