Psychology

Social Psychology and Politics Post Year 13

“I recently completed a Open University course on Social Psychology and Politics which explored the role of identity, personality and culture with regard to political action. I studied how psychologists themselves can be activists and what we mean when we refer to ‘good citizenship’ in Western societies. I chose to enrol in this course as I was interested in how our individual personalities can affect our role in society, as well as our political views. The course introduced me to social identity approaches that look at the ways in which our behaviour relates to the groups we belong to, and highlight the importance of shared social identities when understanding collective political action, such as political protests. During this course I also learned about social constructionist approaches, that focus on how we construct and create our social worlds that we then use to inform us on what political action we should take. Overall this course was very interesting as it allowed me to develop a deeper understanding of how our personal and social identities can influence our political activism, both on an individual and group level.” Cassia Drummond

If the Cap Fits... Y12 have made Brain Caps in Psychology as part of their BioPsychology topic.