POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY

PSIR351

Course Code: PSIR351
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Know about political behaviour, thought and emotions.
Develop knowledge about personality and its relationship to political behavior, the concepts of "war" and "peace", terror and terror management, political violence and terrorism.
Gain the internal discipline to learn how to develop better behavior not only in professional life but also in personal life, such as communication, decision-making processes, motivation, self, cognitive dissonance, decision games.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

Course Description

Based on social psychological theories, this course scrutinises the effects of psychological processes on political behavior and the changes that political systems have created in phenomena such as thought, emotion and behavior will be discussed. Attitude changes, public behavior, group behavior processes are the topics that will be covered in this course.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Personality Theories
2^nd Week	Identity Formation
3^rd Week	Traits, Identity, and Ideology
4^th Week	Social Effect 1
5^th Week	Social Effect 2
6^th Week	Social Effect 3
7^th Week	Midterm exam
8^th Week	Prejudices
9^th Week	Leadership 1
10^th Week	Leadership 2
11^th Week	Racism
12^th Week	Peace, war, and terrorism 1
13^th Week	Peace, war, and terrorism 2
14^th Week	Review

Recommended or Required Reading

Required Reading
Zimbardo, P.G., & Leippe, M.R. (1991). The psychology of attitude change and social influence. Boston: McGraw-Hill.
Recommended Readings
Jones, M. (2002). Social psychology of prejudice. New Jersey: Pearson.
Milburn, M.A. (1996). Sosyal psikolojik açıdan kamuoyu ve siyaset. Ankara: İmge.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Assignment	1	75
Total(%)		75
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		75
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		25
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	3	42
Preparation for Final exam	1	30	30
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1.5	1.5
Homework	1	35	35
Total Work Load			150.5
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.01
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1
K2
K3
K4
K5	X	X
K6
K7
K8	X	X	X
K9
K10
K11	X	X	X
K12
K13