Fall 2018  |  POL 3767 Section 001: Political Psychology of Elite Behavior (33548)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018
Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 260
Enrollment Status:
Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Intersections of politics, personality, and social psychology. Focuses on political leaders and elites. Usefulness of psychological theories for conducting political analysis. Role of individual, of group processes, of political/social cognition, and of context in political decision-making.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jsull+POL3767+Fall2018
Class Description:
In this course, we will examine the intersections of elite political decision-making, personality and social psychology. We will explore the usefulness of psychological theories for investigating the role of the individual, of group processes, and of the political context in decision-making by political leaders, particularly U.S. Presidents. We will examine how the personalities of political leaders affect the type and quality of their decision-making, how group processes can degrade or enhance good decision-making, how decision-makers employ historical analogies and broader metaphors when they decide the fate of nations. We will examine these general forces by conducting case studies of Presidential decision making, including the Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, the Iranian Hostage Crisis, the Iran-Contra affair, the Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan, etc.
Grading:
25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
25% Class Participation/Group Presentations
Exam Format:
Short answer and medium length essay
Class Format:
65% Lecture
15% Film/Video
20% Discussion
Workload:
100+ Pages Reading Per Week
10-14 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
2 Paper(s)
Group Presentation
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33548/1189
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
19 March 2018

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