ECTS - Political Psychology
Political Psychology (KAM318) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Political Psychology | KAM318 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | Turkish |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | KAM 318 Political Psychology elective course examines the behavior of the people, which started to have a great importance as a political actor as a result of the democratization tendencies since the 18th century, and its relationship with the government. It takes into account the classical texts that examine the fascist/totalitarian ideologies and regimes, especially in the years of World War II, through mass psychology. In this context, students will study the texts of important thinkers and psychoanalysts such as Gustave Le Bon, Sigmund Freud, Erich Fromm, Hannah Arendt. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Identities; group behaviour; cults of leadership; voting behaviour; impacts of the media; ethnic conflicts; nationalism; social movements. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | Syllabus |
| 2 | On Crowds | Gustave Le Bon, Kitleler Psikolojisi, (İstanbul: Say Yayınları, 2018). |
| 3 | The Mass Psychology of Fascism | Sigmund Freud, Kitle Psikolojisi, (İstanbul: Say Yayınları, 2015). Sigmund Freud, Savaş ve Ölüm Üzerine, (İstanbul: Oda Yayınları, 2018). |
| 4 | On Fascism, the Totalitarian State, Democracy and Freedom | Erich Fromm, Özgürlükten Kaçış, (İstanbul: Say Yayınları, 2015). |
| 5 | The Banality of Evil | Hannah Arendt, Kötülüğün Sıradanlığı: Adolf Eichmann Kudüs’te, (İstanbul: Metis Yayınları, 2009). Hannah Arendt, Totalitarizmin Kaynakları 3: Totalitarizm, (İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2014).* |
| 6 | Individual in Repressive Regimes | Viktor E. Frankl, İnsanın Anlam Arayışı, (İstanbul: OkuyanUs Yayınları, 2009). |
| 7 | Midterm | |
| 8 | Midterm | |
| 9 | On Victims of Fascist Regimes | Bernhard Schlink, Okuyucu, (İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 1997). Film: The Reader (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0976051/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)* |
| 10 | An Overview of Psychoanalysis | Class notes |
| 11 | The Unrest of Civilization (I) | Sigmund Freud, Uygarlığın Huzursuzluğu, (İstanbul: Metis Yayınları, 1999). |
| 12 | The Unrest of Civilization (II) | Sigmund Freud, Uygarlığın Huzursuzluğu, (İstanbul: Metis Yayınları, 1999) |
| 13 | Listen, little man! | Wilhelm Reich, Dinle Küçük Adam, (İstanbul: Cem Yayınları, 2018). |
| 14 | Conclusion | Completion of the lesson with a review. |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. - Gustave Le Bon, Kitleler Psikolojisi, (İstanbul: Say Yayınları, 2018). |
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| 2. - Sigmund Freud, Kitle Psikolojisi, (İstanbul: Say Yayınları, 2015). | |
| 3. - Erich Fromm, Özgürlükten Kaçış, (İstanbul: Say Yayınları, 2015). | |
| 4. - Hannah Arendt, Kötülüğün Sıradanlığı: Adolf Eichmann Kudüs’te, (İstanbul: Metis Yayınları, 2009). | |
| 5. - Hannah Arendt, Totalitarizmin Kaynakları 3: Totalitarizm, (İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2014). | |
| 6. - Viktor E. Frankl, İnsanın Anlam Arayışı, (İstanbul: OkuyanUs Yayınları, 2009). | |
| 7. - Bernhard Schlink, Okuyucu, (İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 1997). | |
| 8. - Sigmund Freud, Uygarlığın Huzursuzluğu, (İstanbul: Metis Yayınları, 1999). | |
| 9. - Sigmund Freud, Savaş ve Ölüm Üzerine, (İstanbul: Oda Yayınları, 2018). | |
| 10. - Wilhelm Reich, Dinle Küçük Adam, (İstanbul: Cem Yayınları, 2018). |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | 1 | 20 |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | - | - |
| Toplam | 2 | 60 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | |
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| Major Area Courses | X |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Students can learn the basic concepts, theories and methods of political science and public administration and use them in the analysis of national and global political developments and cause-effect relationships. | X | ||||
| 2 | It enables one to understand how policies are created and implemented in real life at the local, national, regional and/or global level, to recognize the important institutions and actors that play a role in these processes, and to know the functioning of public administration. | |||||
| 3 | It provides a basic level of knowledge about other fields related to political science and public administration disciplines (such as international relations, sociology, psychology, cultural studies, economics, law, history, etc.) and thus provides an interdisciplinary understanding that takes into account the relationships between different areas of life and establishes connections. | X | ||||
| 4 | Learning the use of quantitative and/or qualitative research techniques that can be used in the field of political science and public administration, software, hardware and/or technical tools that can be useful; gaining experience in designing and executing research projects to develop their application skills in this field. | |||||
| 5 | By promoting critical analytical thinking, intellectual debate and lifelong learning, the development of the ability to act with an open mind, to avoid discrimination and to be sensitive and respectful of different points of view, thus developing skills for acting in partnership. | |||||
| 6 | To develop decision-making and initiative taking, work completion and time management competencies by understanding business ethics in public administration, politics and all related fields. | |||||
| 7 | Developing communication skills, oral and written expression, presentation techniques; learning the writing principles and procedures required to write an academic article on political science and public administration disciplines. | |||||
| 8 | The aim of the course is to master the English terminology in the disciplines of political science and public administration and to gain foreign language knowledge at a level to follow the studies written in English, so that current political developments and events in various countries can be analysed comparatively. | |||||
| 9 | To know the political history of both Turkey and the world in terms of periods, important turning points and actors, to comprehend the impact of the social-historical backgrounds of countries on current political and administrative issues. | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 21 | 21 |
| Total Workload | 125 | ||