Module POL3136 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3136: Political Psychology
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
The course is roughly organized around “20th Century” and “21st Century” approaches to questions in Political Psychology:
20th Century approaches
- Psychoanalytic Approaches
- Rational Choice Theory
- Philip Converse and His Legacy
- Schema Theory
- The Online Model
- Racial Attitudes
- Zaller’s RAS Model
21st Century approaches
- Affective Intelligence
- Neuropolitics
- Evolution of Machiavellian Intelligence
- Genopolitics
- Race and Neuroscience
- Physiological measures
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 49 | 251 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 44 | 22 x 2 hour seminars |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity | 5 | 5 x 1 hour lab sessions |
| Guided independent study | 163 | Completing assessment tasks: Reading, research and writing |
| Guided independent study | 88 | Preparing for seminars: Reading and research |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
A General Theory of Love, Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, Richard Lannon (2000) Vintage Press
The Nature and Origin of Mass Opinion John Zaller (1992) CambridgeUniversity Press
Your Brain is Built for Politics Darren Schreiber (in review) Princeton University Press
Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences. John R. Hibbing, Kevin B. Smith, John R. Alford. (2013) Routledge Press.
