Graduate Education Institute · Political Science and International Relations · Doctorate
Course Objective
The aim of the course is to teach students what political psychology is and to critically evaluate basic theoretical approaches and concepts in this field. At the end of the course students will be able to present research questions in this field and construct new research to bring different perspectives to the field.
Course Content
Bu ders politik psikoloji çalışmalarının temelini oluşturmaktadir ve su sorulara cevap arayacaktir. Politik psikoloji nedir? Psikolojik teori politik süreçlere nasil uygulanir? Sosyal ve bilişsel psikoloji uygulanmalar nelerdir? Siyaset psikolojisi, siyaset teorisinin psikolojiye bir uygulaması mıdır?
Required Resources
Jost, John T. and Jim Sidanius. 2004. Political Psychology: Key Readings in Social Psychology. Psychology Press, hereafter referred to as Political Psychology: Key Readings.
Sears, David O. Leonie Huddy and Robert Jervis. 2003. The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.
Fiske, Susan T. and Shelley E. Taylor. 1991. Social Cognition. New York: McGraw Hill.
Zaller, John. 1992. The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion. New York: Cambridge University.
Marcus, George E, Russell Neuman, and Michael B. MacKuen. 2000. Affective Intelligence and Political Judgment. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Learn the basic concepts of political psychology
- The student will be able to analyse how political contexts influence the ways people behave politically
Core Area Distribution
Teaching Methods
Assessment & Evaluation
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 14 | 7 | 98 |
| Midterm | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Practice | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Final | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | What is Political Psychology? | Sullivan, John L., Wendy M. Rahn, and Thomas J. Rudolph. 2002. “The contours of political psychology: Situating research on political information processing. In James H. Kuklinski, ed., Thinking about Political Psychology. London: Cambridge University Press. |
| 3 | Historical and contemporary perspectives | Westen, Drew. 1998. The Scientific Legacy of Sigmund Freud: Toward a Psychodynamically Informed Science. Psychological Bulletin, 124: 336-373. Available on PsychArticles. |
| 4 | The Importance of Context | Feldman, Stanley and Karen Stenner. 1997. “Perceived Threat and Authoritarianism.” Political Psychology. |
| 5 | Conformity and Obedience | Brown, Roger. 1986. “Social forces in obedience and rebellion.” In Social Psychology. New York: The Free Press, 1-42. |
| 6 | The Structure of Beliefs in the Mass Public | Katz, Daniel. 1960. “The Functional Approach to the Study of Attitudes.” Public Opinion Quarterly, 23: 163-204. |
| 7 | The Automatic Activation of Attitudes and Decision-Making | Murphy, S.T. and R.B Zajonc. 1993. “Affect, Cognition, and Awareness: Affective Priming with Optimal and Suboptimal Stimulus Exposures.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 64, 5. 723-739. |
| 8 | Midterm | . |
| 9 | Values and Ideology | Jost. John T., Jack Glaser, Arie Kruglanski, and Frank Sulloway. “Political Conservatism as Motivated Social Cognition.” Psychological Bulletin |
| 10 | Attitude Formation and Change | Huckfeldt, Robert, Jeffrey Levine, William Morgan, and John Sprague. 1999. “Accessibility and the Political Utility of Partisan and Ideological Orientations.” |
| 11 | The Media | Iyengar, Shanto, Mark D. Peters, and Donald Kinder. 1982. “Experimental Consequences of the ‘not-so-minimal’ Consequences of Television News Programs.” American Political Science Review, 76: 848-858. |
| 12 | The Role of Emotion | Marcus, George and Michael MacKuen. 1993. “Anxiety, Enthusiasm, and the Vote: The Emotional Underpinnings of Learning and Involvement during Presidential Campaigns.” American Journal of Political Science |
| 13 | Perspectives on Group Conflict | Sherif, Muzafer, O.J. Harvey, B. Jack White, William R. Hood, Carolyn W. Sherif. 1961. Intergroup Conflict and Cooperation: The Robbers Cave Experiment. In Classics in the History of Psychology. Christopher D. Green, ed (chs 2-6). |
| 14 | Review | . |