Syllabus
Course outline
Week Topic1 The role of psychology in studying politics2 Political socialization3 Personality and political ideology4 Political cognition5 Emotions and politics6 Biopolitics7 Discussing topics of final research papers8 Psychology of voting behavior9 Political polarization10 Prejudice and political tolerance11 Psychology of political communication12 Misinformation and conspiracy theories
Annotation
This course is designed to increase students’ understanding of the role of psychological theories and findings in the area of political sociology and politics. The purpose of this course is to explore how are individual political decisions formed and changed, and what drives individual political behavior.
We will focus on how psychological processes can help us explain differences in attitudes and behavior between individuals, and what implications these psychological processes have in forming public opinion and democratic society.