Universität Wien

210118 SE M7: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses (2022W)

Political Psychology

9.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Wednesday 12.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Wednesday 19.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Wednesday 09.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Wednesday 16.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Wednesday 23.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Wednesday 30.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Wednesday 07.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Wednesday 14.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Wednesday 11.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Wednesday 18.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Wednesday 25.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This seminar deals with political psychology in the area of opinion formation and voting behavior. The focus is on central theories and models: Ideology, Personality, Political Attitudes, Social Identities, Biases, Information Processing, Motivated Reasoning, and Emotions. In the course of the seminar, methods of political psychology will also be covered.

Learning Objectives
- Understanding of the main theories and models of political psychology.
- Ability to apply these theories and models to the analysis of opinion formation and voting behavior
- Ability to make your own judgments about how successfully different theories can capture and explain individual behavior
- Ability to self-construct a research design to apply and test theories and models of political psychology
- Ability to respond to complex political science questions in writing

Assessment and permitted materials

• Active class participation (10 % of the final mark)
• Small analysis tasks (20 % of the final mark)
• Submission of research proposal and giving feedback to your peers (20% of the final mark)
• Research paper (50 % of the final mark)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The objectives of the course (see above) must be satisfactorily met.

Examination topics

Ideology, Personality, Political Attitudes, Social Identities, Biases, Information Processing, Motivated Reasoning, and Emotions

Reading list

Huddy, L., Sears, D. O., & Levy, J. S. (Eds.). (2013). The Oxford handbook of political psychology. Oxford University Press.
Marcus, G. E. (2013). Political psychology: Neuroscience, genetics, and politics. Oxford University Press.
Houghton, D. P. (2014). Political psychology: situations, individuals, and cases. Routledge.

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