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POLI 100MPolitical Psychology

4 units · POLI · UC San Diego

We begin with hypotheses about how people develop political attitudes, and methods to test those hypotheses. The second half focuses on emerging cognitive neuroscience insights, including brain imaging, and asks how these inform theories of political cognition, affect, and behavior.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “upper-division standing.”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Required in (1)

  • Political Science (American Politics) (B.A.)

One of the options in (2)

  • Political Science (Public Law) (B.A.)
  • Political Science (Public Policy) (B.A.)