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Course: 2022/2023

Social Psychology

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Bachelor in Political Science (Plan: 396 - Estudio: 205)

Coordinating teacher: GARCIA ALBACETE, GEMA MARIA

Department assigned to the subject: Social Sciences Department

Type: Electives

ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

Course: 4º

Semester:

Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)

Political behavior Electoral analysis

Skills and learning outcomes

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Description of contents: programme

1. Introductory elements of social Psychology 2. Knowledge, limited rationality, information process, bias and heuristics 3. Social identity and group dynamics in politics 4. Personality, emotions, political attitudes and beliefs 5. Research techniques in political psychology: the experiments

Assessment System

Exam: 60% of final grade. The reading materials will be part of the exam material.
Tests on the reading materials and essays delivered in due day: 40% of the final grade.

% end-of-term-examination 60
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 40

Basic Bibliography

Cottam, Martha, Dietz-Uhler, Beth, Mastors, Elena, and Thomas Preston . Introduction to Political Psychology.. New York: Psychology Press.. 2004
Leonie Huddy, David O. Sears, and Jack S. Levy . The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology . Oxford University Press. 2013
Osborne, Danny and Sibley, Chris G. . The Cambridge Handbook of Political Psychology. Cambridge University Press. 2022
S. T. Fiske, D. T. Gilbert, and G. Lindzey. Handbook of social psychology. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. 2010

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.