At the end of this course, the students; 1) know about political behaviour, thought and emotions. 2) develop knowledge and skills on personality and its relationship with political behavior, the concepts of "war" and "peace", terror and terror management, political violence and terrorism. 3) learn ways, not only in professional life but also in personal life, to develop better behaviors in areas such as communication, decision-making processes, motivation, self, cognitive conflict, decision games and gaining internal discipline in this regard.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
No recommended optional programme components.
COURSE DEFINITION
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
1st Week
Personality Theories
2nd Week
Identity Formation
3rd Week
Traits, Identity, and Ideology
4th Week
Social Effect 1
5th Week
Social Effect 2
6th Week
Social Effect 3
7th Week
Social Effect 4
8th Week
Midterm exam
9th Week
Prejudices
10th Week
Leadership
11th Week
Racism
12th Week
Peace, war, and terrorism 1
13th Week
Peace, war, and terrorism 2
14th Week
Review
RECOMENDED 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 WORKLOAD
Activities
Number
Hours
Workload
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
14
3
42
Preparation for Final exam
1
25
25
Course hours
14
3
42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
1
1,5
1,5
Homework
1
40
40
Total Workload
150,5
Total Workload / 30
5,01
ECTS Credits of the Course
5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
