Overview
Description
Analysis of the psychological aspects of politics in relation to public opinion, propaganda, personality and political socialization.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring - Even Years
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- compare different models of information processing.
- evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of different models of partisanship.
- discuss the political consequences of biased information processing.
- articulate how public opinion drives the differences we observe in policy outcomes nationally and across states and localities.
- evaluate an original theoretical argument about public opinion or political behavior using quantitative methods in the form of a research paper.