Class Mass Psychology and Political Leadership

In the Curricular Unit, concepts integrated in the areas of knowledge of Mass Psychology and Political Leadership will be addressed and distinguished, deepening their conceptualization and interaction with each other, promoting the understanding of the underlying psychological and organizational dynamics. Within the scope of Mass Psychology, the processes of emergence and constitution of human crowds will be explained, focusing on their actions, typologies and functionalities. The Political Leadership framework will focus on the relationship between leadership and politics, power and its foundations, social influence and political activity, distinction between management and leadership. Leadership theories will be explored in depth, seeking to establish correspondences with practical contexts.

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1. Mass Psychology 1.1. The study of the Masses in the field of Psychology. 1.2. The concept of Mass and the image it has. 1.3. Aspects to take into account about  Masses´s operation 1.4. Contemporary perspectives on the Masses. 2. Political Leadership 2.1. The relationship between leadership and the concepts of politics and power. 2.2. Bases of power and the concepts of social influence and political activity. 2.2. Differences between leadership and management in the way leaders and managers act. 2.3. Leadership theories.

Theoretical-practical classes include the exposition of different themes accompanied by illustrative examples that facilitate their understanding, the clarification of doubts raised by students and debate on what was previously explained. Whenever appropriate, didactic resources will be used, reinforcing the acquisition of syllabus content as well as the establishment of correspondence between the content and the reality of the practical context. Students must play an active role in the construction of knowledge, encouraging critical and scientific thinking. The assessment is made on a scale of 0 to 20 and involves the realization and presentation of an individual work that corresponds to 100% of the final grade. Approval in the module will occur whenever the final grade is at least equal to 10 points. The continuous assessment process requires the realization and presentation of the individual work requested.

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