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| KAM2009 | Political Psychology. | 3+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Gülmelek DOĞANAY | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. M. Çağatay OKUTAN | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course surveys how psychological factors and political behavior affect one another. Focuses on topics such as leadership, political socialization, political cognition, collective behavior, voting, alienation, rebellion, and negotiation-mediation. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Mastering the major concepts and theoretical perspectives. | 1,6 | | | LO - 2 : | Having a grasp of the underpinnings of political preferences. | 1,6 | | | LO - 3 : | Understanding the impacts of personality, social cognition, and social relations on political behaviors. | 1,6 | | | LO - 4 : | To understand how these change and affect political choices. | 1,6 | | | LO - 5 : | Understanding the political psychological underpinnings of a variety of concepts. | 1,6 | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| This course introduces important concepts of politics the ways in which affects decision making. It offering new ways of thinking about subjects as varied as personality, social groups, media, political advertising, race relations, the legitimacy of government institutions, ideologies, as a means of providing a new perspective on how to understand the political world around us. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | What is Political Psychology? Subject of Political Psychology. | | | Week 2 | Basic concepts. | | | Week 3 | Political and psychological causes of behavior. | | | Week 4 | Learning and formation of the political self. | | | Week 5 | Political socialization. | | | Week 6 | Political socialization and change. | | | Week 7 | The role of personality and leadership. | | | Week 8 | Importance of social group in decision making. | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam. | | | Week 10 | Personality, attitudes and public opinion. | | | Week 11 | Attitude change, communication and the role of media. | | | Week 12 | Political participation and psychological factors. | | | Week 13 | Political alienation. | | | Week 14 | National identity, racism, extremism and violence. | | | Week 15 | Rewiew of the term. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam. | | | |
| 1 | Çetin, Halis. 2003; İnsan ve Siyaset: Siyasetin Psikolojik Temelleri, Siyasal Kitabevi, Ankara. | | | |
| 1 | Çevik, A., 2010; Politik Psikoloji, Dost Kitabevi, Ankara. | | | 2 | Bilgin, N., 2005; Siyaset ve İnsan: Siyaset Psikolojisi Yazıları, Bağlam Yay, İstanbul. | | | 3 | Volkan, Vamık D., 1993; Politik Psikoloji, A. Ü. Rektörlüğü Yayınları, Ankara. | | | 4 | Turan, İlter. 1986; Siyasal Sistem ve Siyasal Davranış, Der yayınları, İstanbul. | | | 5 | Lipset, S. Martin. 1986; Siyasal İnsan, Teori Yayınları, Ankara. | | | 6 | Duverger, Maurice, 1998; Siyaset Sosyolojisi, Varlık Yayınları, İstanbul. | | | 7 | Milburn, M., (1998); Sosyal Psikolojik Açıdan Kamuoyu ve Siyaset, İmge Kitabevi, Ankara. | | | 8 | Alkan, Türker. 1979; Siyasal Toplumsallaşma, Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, Ankara. | | | 9 | Alkan, T.; Ergil, D., (1980); Siyaset Psikolojisi, Turhan Kitabevi, Ankara. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 11/2023 | | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 01/2024 | | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 2 | 12 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 11 | 2 | 22 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 120 |
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