FSS:POL363 Political psychology - Course Information
POL363 Political psychology
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Lenka Hrbková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Stanislav Balík, Ph.D.
Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Mon 17:00–18:30 P22
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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- Course objectives
- Political processes can be studied from various research perspectives, e.g.. from economically, sociologically, anthropologically, historically or legally. This course offers to its students a psychological approach to political attitudes and behaviour of citizens. The course is focused on various psychological aspects of political participation, mass opinion, voting behaviour and democratic citizenship.
- Syllabus
- Included topics: What is political psychology
- Methods of political psychology
- Authoritarianism
- Other personality traits
- Political attitudes, values and ideology
- Political cognition
- Emotions in politics
- Political communication
- Biopolitics and genetics
- Literature
- LODGE, Milton, Charles S. TABER. 2013. The Rationalising Voter. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- KUKLINSKI, James H. 2002. Thinking about Political Psychology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- MARCUS, George, W., Russell NEUMAN & Michael MACKUEN. 2000. Affective Intelligence and Political Judgment, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- MILGRAM, Stanley. Obedience to authority : an experimental view. London: Pinter & Martin, 2010, xxii, 231. ISBN 9781905177325. info
- Teaching methods
- Course consists of lectures.
- Assessment methods
- Assessment: position papers, group project, examination.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2016, recent)
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