Psychological Technologies of Modeling and Monitoring of Electoral Behavior"

Course: Psychology

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
Psychological Technologies of Modeling and Monitoring of Electoral Behavior"
Code
ДВС.2.04
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
PR4. Make a psychological prognosis for the development of individuals, groups, organizations. PR5. Develop programs of psychological interventions (training, psychotherapy, counseling, etc.), conduct them in individual and group work, assess quality.
Form of study
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. To know the basic concepts of general, social and political psychology; 2. To be able to search for the necessary information, analyze and critically evaluate it; formulate public requests and relate them to their professional activities 3. To possess the skills of working with the reference apparatus of libraries; basic methods of collecting and interpreting the facts of social reality; establishing cause and effect relationships, basic skills of statistical analysis.
Course content
The discipline "Psychological Technologies of Modeling and Monitoring of Electoral Behavior" is one of the selective courses and is intended to form a system of scientific and practical knowledge, skills, and competencies in the field of psychology of mass electoral behavior, to determine trends in the development of socio-political processes, to make effective electoral forecasts, and to develop optimal management decisions. The basic concepts and models of electoral behavior are considered; factors that influence it, experience in organizing monitoring studies, methods of studying and forecasting electoral behavior, basic principles of psychotechnologies for modeling and monitoring electoral behavior.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Halicyn V. K. Systemy monitorynhu: monohrafiya. Kyyiv : KNEU, 2000. 231 s. 130-144. 2. Poznyak D. Social"no-psyxolohichni mexanizmy politychnoyi svidomosti vyborciv. Social"na psyxolohiya. 2004. № 1 (3). C.31-45. 3. Shablij O. I. Elektoral"na heohrafiya. Social"no-ekonomichna heohrafiya Ukrayiny: navch. posibnyk / za red. O. I. Shabliya. 2-e vyd. L"viv: Svit, 2000. S. 116 - 131.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
lecture, seminar, individual work
Assessment methods and criteria
1. Oral answers (presentation at the seminar, participation in discussions and debates, additions): - 14/8 points 2. Abstract, analytical report: - 14/8 points 3. Creative independent work: - 12/8 points 4. Module tests: - 20/12 points The final assessment is carried out in the form of a test. The credit is given based on the results of the student's work during the semester (the maximum number of points for work during the semester is 60) and the results of the final test. The test is conducted in the form of a written test of 40 closed questions, with 1 point awarded for each correct answer. The minimum threshold score for passing the test cannot be less than 24 points. Students who have scored a total of less than the critical-calculated minimum of 36 points during the semester are not allowed to take the test. The recommended minimum for admission to the test is 36 points.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Pavlo Dmytrovych Frolov
Department of Social Psychology
Faculty of Psychology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Social Psychology
Faculty of Psychology