Bachelor
2024/2025
Social Psychology
Type:
Elective course (Sociology and Social Informatics)
Area of studies:
Sociology
Delivered by:
Department of Sociology
When:
2 year, 1, 2 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
5
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course covers a broad range of social psychology topics from both theoretical and applied perspectives. The course would be focused on classical social psychology issues such as social influence, social groups, interpersonal relationships and communications. It would also include several notable applications of social psychology to such issues as judgment and decision making, health and illness and internet communications. The current state of the art and emerging initiatives in modern social psychology, including the open science movement would be discussed in detail.
Learning Objectives
- Learning how to use and explain theories of social psychology in different situations.
- Analyze and evaluate the strengths and limitations of published works
- Learn basic principles of social psychological interventions
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Apply social psychology theories to understand different social problems on group, organization and society level
- Explain specific theories of social psychology and use that theory to interpret and predict behavior in specific social situations.
- Know and ready to use the effective communication strategies on interpersonal and group level
- Know basic principles of social psychological interventions development on the group and community levels
- Review and evaluate published works, their strengths and limitations at a basic level
Course Contents
- Introduction
- Overview of selected classical theories and classical studies
- Social perception and cognition
- Groups and group performance
- Social influence
- Interpersonal and intergroup relationships
- Social psychology methods and the replication crisis
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 2nd module0.4 * Exam test + 0.3 * In-class Participation + 0.3 * Project
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- DeLamater, J. D., & Collett, J. L. (2019). Social Psychology (Vol. Ninth edition). New York, NY: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1753380
- Ward, A., & DeLamater, J. D. (2013). Handbook of Social Psychology (Vol. Second edition). New York: Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1074048
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Knapp, M. L., & Hall, J. A. (2013). Nonverbal Communication. Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=544027
- Lange, P. A. M. V., Kruglanski, A. W., & Higgins, E. T. (2013). Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology : Collection: Volumes 1 & 2 (Vol. [Enhanced Credo edition]). Los Angeles [California]: SAGE Publications Ltd. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1216048