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College Catalog 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PSY 211 - SSC Political Psychology (PS 211)

4.00 credits.
(Social Science Core Course)
*A Guided Writing and Research Course.
This interdisciplinary course explores the intersection between political science and psychology. It introduces students to psychological theories and research findings to explain what people think, feel and do about contemporary political issues. Specifically, the course draws on psychological concepts regarding motivation, personality, cognition, attribution, emotion and identity to examine mass political behavior and public opinion.