6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1019908BER for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Possible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Studenten die dit opleidingsonderdeel opnemen, moeten geslaagd zijn voor 'Politicologie: algemene inleiding' en geslaagd zijn voor minstens 30 ECTS-credits op bachelorniveau. Studenten TEW moeten ingeschreven of geslaagd zijn voor 'Politicologie: algemene inleiding' en geslaagd zijn voor minstens 30 ECTS-credits op bachelorniveau. Studenten in het schakel- of voorbereidingsprogramma politieke wetenschappen kunnen dit opleidingsonderdeel opnemen.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool
Department
Political Science
Educational team
Dimokritos Kavadias (course titular)
Didier Caluwaerts
Ward Jan R Peeters
Anne Van Bavel
Activities and contact hours

39 contact hours Lecture
111 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

This course wants to introduce concepts, theories, methods and questions of political psychology .

In first instance the course will provide an overview of the main research questions, concepts and theories in the domain of political psychology. A second section will be devoted to the psychological foundations politics. In a third section we focus on research of elites (political leaders), their opinions, attitudes and behavior. A fourth section  tries to disentangle theories about the ways/processes/institutions through which citizens acquire political opinions, attitudes and behavioral patterns. A final section tries to dig deeper into relevant political attitudes and behavior. This section will be devoted to psychological theories trying to explain voting behavior, but also other relevant behavior such as political violence and terrorism. It will also deal with political relevant attitudes, such as resentment, ethnocentrism, political cynicism, nationalism, islamophobia, and anti-Semitism.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Reader, Canvas
Additional info

A reader will be made available through Canvas.

Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

  • The students are acquainted with central concepts and theories from the domain of political psychology.
  • The students know the main methods of political psychological enquiry.
  • The students are acquainted with most important research concerning political culture, political elites and political socialization. 
  • The students are able to read, synthesize and analyze critically political psychological research.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 70% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 30% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written Exam with a relative weight of 14 which comprises 70% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Group Paper with a relative weight of 6 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

For the group paper, the results are weighted on the basis of peer evaluation.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Adult Education: Profile Social Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Abridged Profile Social Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Philosophy and Moral Sciences: default (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Business Economics: Minor Political Science (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Political Science and Sociology: - afstudeerrichting politieke wetenschappen (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Political Science and Sociology: - afstudeerrichting sociologie, minor politieke wetenschappen (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Political Science and Sociology: Political Science Minor Minor Education (only offered in Dutch)