INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY

POLISCI 305

Psychological and social components of voting behavior, current electoral trends, role of voters in the governing process. Not open to students with credit for POLI SCI 467 prior to fall 2017

POLISCI 425

The content encourages critical thinking about societies and the larger global community through readings and assessments that explore questions about individual and community behaviors, group dynamics, and the rise of populist authoritarian appeals and policies in the United States and globally. It emphasizes the importance of understanding several psychological theoretical approaches and diverse research methods in political science. Additionally, it involves synthesizing and applying social science concepts from psychology, economics, political science, and sociology, requiring a multifaceted perspective on the issues examined.

POLISCI 821

An empirical analysis of the role of mass publics in political life and the factors which determine the formation and expression of political beliefs and attitudes.

POLISCI 160

Exploration of core problems of political life, such as the nature and limits of obligation, the concept of justice and its political implications, and the relationship between equality and liberty, through a selection of ancient and modern sources. Not open to students with credit for POLI SCI 209 prior to fall 2017

POLISCI 950

Designed around substantive topic areas, including reputation, personality, and emotions. Covers the broad patterns of scholarship in political psychology over the last 50 years. The larger methodological issues around political psychology and International Relations (IR) (how do you study this? what tradeoffs do the various approaches entail?) will form a backdrop to most of our discussions.