Course code Psih3002
Credit points 3
Ethnopsychology
Total Hours in Course81
Number of hours for lectures16
Number of hours for seminars and practical classes16
Independent study hours49
Date of course confirmation20.12.2011
Responsible UnitInstitute of Social Sciences and Humanities
Course developer
Silva Barševska
Mg. sc. soc.
Course abstract
Course Annotation
The objective of course is to introduce students with ethnic psychology which is a branch of social psychology. It explores specific characteristics in human mental pattern and behavior depending on his national identity or ethnical community. Students have to gain comprehension about ethnopsychology’s objectives and its development today. They have to judge correctly the essence of ethnical stereotypes and to get to the bottom of transnational relationship problems.
Learning outcomes and their assessment
Study Results:
Knowledge: Course contains knowledge about directions of development of modern ethnopsychology, formation of ethnical identity, nationalism and its modifications, ethnical conflicts and their solutions.
Skills: Skills in better understanding of social processes and in making effective decisions according to changing circumstances. Skills in analyzing current ethnopolitical processes in different levels (from international to local) and in evaluation their influence to the development of culture, applying methods of sociology. Skills in analyzing problems of transnational relationship.
Competence: Competences to give professional explanations and comments in mass media, to participate in coordination and supervision of cultural projects, to consult with various interest groups about issues of cultural politics and to make more successful multicultural communication.
Compulsory reading
1. Apine I. Politoloģija. Ievads etnopsiholoģijā. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2001. 102 lpp.
2. Smits E. D. Nacionālā identitāte. Rīga: AGB, 1997. 223 lpp.
3. Rotčailds Dž. Etnopolitika: konceptuālās aprises. Rīga: AGB, 1999. 247 lpp.
4. Etnopolitika Latvijā. Rīga, 2001. 103 lpp.
Further reading
1. Integrācija un etnopolitika. Rīga: Jumava, 2000. 514 lpp.
2. Cilvēktiesības pasaulē un Latvijā. I. Ziemeles red. Rīga: Izglītības soļi, 2000. 409 lpp.
3. Dribins L Eiropas valstu minoritāšu tiesības: vēsturisks apskats. Rīga: Eiropas Padomes Informācijas un dokumentācijas centrs,1998. 123 lpp.
Periodicals and other sources
1. Human Rights Magazine Pieejams: http://apps.americanbar.org/content/aba/publications/human_rights_magazine_home.html
2. ZA Vēstis.A. Pieejams: http://www.lza.lv/LZA_VestisA/Stradins%20-%20PREVIEW.pdf