Listed in: Psychology, as PSYC-338
Formerly listed as: PSYC-38
Amy P. Demorest (Section 01)
In this course we will examine how to apply psychological theory to understand the lives of political leaders. We begin this course with a consideration the role of personality in political leadership. We then examine psychological theories that can be fruitfully applied to the study of individual lives, from traditional psychodynamic theories of the whole person (e.g., Freud) to models focusing on important organizing variables (e.g., scripts and interpersonal styles). Next, we evaluate existing psychobiographies of important figures such as Mohandas Gandhi, Adolf Hitler and Woodrow Wilson. Finally, each student prepares a psychobiographical term paper on a figure of his or her choice.
Requisite: PSYC 220, 221, or permission of the instructor. Limited to 15 students. Fall semester. Professor Demorest.
Section 01
Th 01:00 PM - 03:30 PM MERR 314
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five Lectures on psycho-analysis | Norton | Freud | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Leonardo Da Vinci and a memory of his childhood | Norton | Freud, S. | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| An autobiography: the story of my experiments with truth | Dover | Gandhi, M. | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Woodrow Wilson and Colonel House | Dover, 1983 | George, A. | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The psychopathic God | Da Capo, 1977 | Waite, R. | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.