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B005061 - SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
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Course Content
Suggested readings
Learning Objectives
Prerequisites
Teaching Methods
Type of Assessment
Course program
Academic Year 2019-20
Coorte 2017 - 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in SOCIAL WORK
Course year
Third year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Political and Social Sciences (DSPS)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
M-PSI/05 - SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
42
Teaching Term
16/09/2019 ⇒ 13/12/2019
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Course Content
The course introduces the main theories and methods of Social Psychology, also focusing on practical implications.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
Hogg A. Michael – Vaughan M. Graham. Psicologia sociale. Teorie e applicazioni, Pearson Ed. (2016).
Pierro, A. (a cura di), Prospettive psicologico-sociali sul Potere, Milano, Franco Angeli Ed. (2006).
Pierro, A. (a cura di), Prospettive psicologico-sociali sul Potere, Milano, Franco Angeli Ed. (2006).
Learning Objectives
To provide knowledge on the main theories and models of Social Psychology as well as furnish some notion concerning the research methodology of the discipline.
Students will be stimulated to develop a critical approach to theories with the aim of using them to frame and interpret the social and political phenomena that characterize our society.
Through group activities, students will be able to make experience about intergroup processes.
Prerequisites
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Teaching Methods
- Frontal Lessons
- Group activities (optional)
- Learning management
- E-learning
Type of Assessment
UPDATES:
The exams of the summer session (Academic year, 2019-2020) will be held through telematic modalities following the University's provisions for the health emergency ("Coronavirus"). The exam will be exclusively an oral interview.
Further changes will be possible on the basis of the developments of the health emergency and the University's recommendations. It is therefore advisable to consult this page before taking the oral test.
The exams evaluation range from 0 to 30. The minimum evaluation for succeeding the exam is 18/30.
The exams of the summer session (Academic year, 2019-2020) will be held through telematic modalities following the University's provisions for the health emergency ("Coronavirus"). The exam will be exclusively an oral interview.
Further changes will be possible on the basis of the developments of the health emergency and the University's recommendations. It is therefore advisable to consult this page before taking the oral test.
The exams evaluation range from 0 to 30. The minimum evaluation for succeeding the exam is 18/30.
Course program
- History of Social Psychology
- Methods and Interventions in Social Psychology
- Lewin and the Field Theory
- Action research and social empowerment
- Social cognition
- Realistic Conflict Theory
- Groups and Intra and Intergroup Relations
- Social Identity Theory and Self Categorization Theory
- Social Dominance Theory
- System Justification Theory
- Basis of Social Power
- Status and Roles
- Conformity and Obedience
- Attitudes, behaviors and persuasive communication
- Psychological and social well-being in the helping professions