SOCIAL AND GROUP PSYCHOLOGY
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: FEDERICA SCIACCAExpected Learning Outcomes
§ Adequacy of expression with regard to contents and methods (terminological precision is essential in this exam)
§ The ability to reprocess knowledge
§ The ability to organize technical knowledge according to specific objectives
§ Systematic treatment
§ The breadth of thematic awareness and lexical correctness
§ The capacity for critical analysis
§ The capacity for interdisciplinary connection
§ The ability to transfer knowledge to operational contexts
Course Structure
Frontal lesson.
Required Prerequisites
None.
Attendance of Lessons
recommended
Detailed Course Content
The program includes the in-depth study of some of the most important basic concepts of social and group psychology: attribution, prejudice, stereotypes, social categorization, social identity, attitudes, norms, social influence, conformity, aggression, conflict and cooperation.
Course planning
- Social thinking
- Self, identity and society
- Attitudes and persuasion
- Conformism and social change
- People in groups
- Prejudice and intergroup relationships
- Harm others
- Helping others
- Attraction and intimate relationships
- Culture and communication
- The theory of realistic conflict
- The theory of social identity
- The prejudice
- Empathy and perspective taking
- Intergroup contact
- Prejudice reduction strategies
Textbook Information
- Hogg, M. A. & Vaughan, G. M. (2012). Psicologia Sociale. Teorie e applicazioni. Milano: Pearson (342 pagine).
- Taylor D. M., & Moghaddam F. M. (2001). Teorie dei rapporti intergruppi. Padova: Imprimitur (Capitoli 3 e 4, 78 pagine).
- Voci, A., & Pagotto, L. (2018). Il pregiudizio - Che cosa è, come si riduce. Bari: Laterza (145 pagine).
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
During the course there will be assessments of ongoing knowledge, with closed and/or open-ended questions. The exam will be concluded with the oral verification of learning during the appeals of the exam sessions.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
- Adequacy of expression with regard to contents and methods (terminological precision is essential in this exam)
- The ability to reprocess knowledge
- The ability to organize technical knowledge according to specific objectives
- Systematic treatment
- The breadth of thematic awareness and lexical correctness
- The capacity for critical analysis
- The capacity for interdisciplinary connection
- The ability to transfer knowledge to operational contexts