Political Psychology.

Catalog description

Although nations structure their governments in different ways, the same psychological tendencies tend to manifest in the citizenry. The stability of society largely depends upon the ability of the politically powerful to exploit these tendencies through demoralization, jingoism, or some other mechanism of control. In this course, you will learn about methods of generating consent and dissent that are often used by corporations, major political parties, and state and federal governments to advance group-level interests while maintaining stability.