SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF GROUPS I, II/II
PSICOLOGIA SOCIALE E DEI GRUPPI I, II (AREA MOD. INT.)/II
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| 2022/2023 | 5 |
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| Savino Romani |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
English
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The course introduces the essentials of social psychology from a historical and conceptual point of view, providing students with notions, methods and tools typical of social psychology, with a particular focus on the most relevant social phenomena. The aim is to provide conceptual and methodological tools to develop and support the ability to read psychosocial processes.
Program
The various individual psychological processes in connection with the social and relational dynamics within which people are embedded will be addressed.
- The key concepts of Social Psychology
- Main theoretical perspectives
- Social perception
- Heuristics
- Attitudes and their change
- Social Learning
- Social influence
- Conformism
- The psychology of the masses and how this theory can help in reading modern social phenomena.
Bridging Courses
No propaedeuticity.
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
In relation to Social Psychology the student must show possession:
(a) the mastery of basic knowledge;
(b) an understanding of the fundamental concepts of the discipline;
c) the ability to use knowledge and concepts to reason according to the logic of the discipline.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Bibliographic references and supplementary teaching opportunities will be added to frontal teaching, as well as in-depth seminars.
- Attendance
Attendance at least three-quarters of the lesson hours. Study of the texts in the syllabus and of the material indicated by the lecturer in the course of the lessons.
- Course books
Boca S., Bocchiaro P., Scaffidi Abbate C. Introduzione alla psicologia sociale, il Mulino (esclusi i cap. III e VIII)
Benvenuto S. Soggetto e masse, ed. Castelvecchi (esclusi i cap. 4, 8, 9 e 13)
Serino C., Antonacci A. Psicologia sociale del bullismo, Carocci editore (escluse le Appendici)
- Assessment
Oral examination.
Qualitative assessment criteria and parameters will be used to ascertain the level of skills demonstrated in the various areas of learning (mastery of knowledge, ability to apply knowledge, to elaborate ideas, to explain, to argue). In particular, the following will be observed: knowledge of concepts, knowledge of techniques and procedures, mastery of scientific language and critical exercise.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
Students who will not be able to access frontal teaching are invited to follow the bibliographical indications and in-depth studies made available on the platform moodle.
- Course books
In addition to the study texts for attending students, the following volume is recommended:
Palmonari A., Cavazza N. Ricerche e protagonisti della psicologia sociale, il Mulino.
- Assessment
Oral examination.
Qualitative assessment criteria and parameters will be used to ascertain the level of skills demonstrated in the various areas of learning (mastery of knowledge, ability to apply knowledge, to elaborate ideas, to explain, to argue). In particular, the following will be observed: knowledge of concepts, knowledge of techniques and procedures, mastery of scientific language and critical exercise.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
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