COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND CULTURE*

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 5077 POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND CULTURE* ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

PSYCHOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERAP AKFIRAT

Offered to

PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objective

The course aims students to gain the way of thinking, theorizing and research methods of political psychology. The course covers the social psychological theories of political processes of intra and inter groups.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to define basic concepts related to the political psychology.
2   Being able to explain theories and concepts of the political psychology.
3   Being able to give examples in relation to concepts of the political psychology.
4   Being able to describe the relationship of the political psychology to different subfields of psychology.
5   Being able to follow current research in the political psychology and being able to contribute to the scientific development of the area.
6   Being able to analyze social psychological theories and practices related to national and international political processes.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to political psychology
2 Personality and Politics
3 Personality and Politics
4 Emotions and Politics
5 Evolutionary basis of political behavior
6 Social Cognition and political behavior
7 Midterm exam
8 Discourse and social construction of politics
9 Social Identities and political behavior
10 Social Identities and political behavior
11 Groups and Political Leaders
12 Groups and Political Leaders
13 Social movements
14 Social movements

Recomended or Required Reading

Morton Deutsch-Catarina Kinnvall, What is Political Psychology , Kristen Renwick
Monroe (ed.), Political Psychology, Taylor and Francis e-library, 2008 içinde.
John T.Jost-Jim Sidanius (edt.), Key Readings in Social Psychology: Political
Psychology, Taylor and Francis, 2004.
Turner, J. C., Hogg, M. A., Oakes, P. J., Reicher, S. D., & Wetherell, M. S. (1987).
Rediscovering the social group: A self-categorization theory. Oxford: Blackwell.
Reicher, S. D. & Hopkins, N. (2001). Self and nation: Categorization, contestation and
mobilisation. London: Sage.
Haslam, S.A; Reicher, S.D. & Platow, M.J. (2010) "The New Psychology Of Leadership:
Identity, Influence And Power" New York: Psychology Press
Reicher, S. D., Haslam, S. A., & Hopkins, N. (2005). Social identity and the dynamics
of leadership: Leaders and followers as collaborative agents in the transformation of
social reality. Leadership Quarterly. 16, 547 568.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, class discussing, presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Presentation, Discussions, Midterm and Final Exams

Assessment Criteria

Presentation, Discussions, Midterm and Final Exams

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Student must attend at least 70% of the courses.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

serap.akfirat@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wed: 15.00-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Reading 1 20 20
Midterm 1 30 30
Final 1 40 40
Preparing assignments 5 15 75
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 214

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.153
LO.25
LO.345
LO.445
LO.545
LO.6445

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