When students complete this course, they will:
- distinguish different approaches in political psychology; critical and mainstream
- name the different eras of popular topics and methods in political psychology from the initial development of the field
- extract the methods used in major published articles in the field
- be acquaintained with a diverse range of methodologies used in political psychology
- make sense of political events and behaviours in different contexts around the world through the theories and perspectives of political psychology
- propose solutions to current political issues using political psychology knowledge
- reflect on how political psychology might develop the discipline of psychology
- develop a critical understanding of the current situation of social/political psychology
- lead and participate in class discussions in English and provide evidence to back up their positions
- develop a final project linking theory and practice by showing how political psychology can enable a fresh perspective on the everyday, the social and the political