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Advanced Political Psychology Seminar

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Course Objectives and Syllabus

The objectives for the course are as follows:

• Identify major topics of study in contemporary political psychology
• Explain and contrast economic, sociological, and psychological perspectives on political behavior
• Appraise and apply political and social psychological theories to understand political cognition and behavior
• Apply theories to an original research problem

You can find a schedule for the course, details of the exam structure, and assigned readings in the Syllabus.

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Readings

Readings for the course involve journal articles available online.

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Slides

Forthcoming

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Assignments and Exam

Presentations

Exam

Students will be evaluated via a home essay that states an original research question, introduces theory to address that question, and designs an appropriate empirical test to assess theorized expectations.

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Why GitHub?

Read more about why this course is on GitHub here.