Social psychology is the branch of psychology that explores social interactions. In particular, social psychology is the scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by others, with a constant focus on social and cultural context.
Providing students with a theoretical and critical knowledge about fundamentals of the discipline. Analyzing main processes concerning social perception and Self and identity. Comprehending social life processes underlying interpersonal and intergroup relationships. Increasing knowledge about the main methods and paradigms of the discipline by analyzing the most important studies of social psychology.
Through this teaching students will improve their analysis skills on today's phenomena, such as stereotypes, social conformism and relations between mass-media and aggressiveness. Further, throughout the course it will be devoted a great deal of attention to the issue of prejudice from a psychosocial perspective. Comprehending origins of prejudice and strategies to overcome it are highly relevant issues in today's societies to promote harmonious relations between group members belonging to different cultures, religions and ethnicities.
Lectures in which the main theoretical assumptions are presented and exemplified through lab experiments and real-life examples. A critical and active participation of the students will be encouraged.
Although the lectures will be delivered in Italian, the lecturer can provide a comprehensive collection of teaching materials in English to prepare for the final exam, and this exam can be taken in English.
The teaching aims to provide students with the theoretical and methodological knowledge on Social Psychology and its research field. This purpose will be achieved through a critical analysis of the core theories and research that characterizes this discipline.
The teaching will be organized in three parts:
Definition of Social Psychology – Doing research in Social Psychology – Social Cognition – Social influence – Attitudes and persuasion – The self in a social world – Social behavior: Aggressiveness and prosocial behaviors
The nature of prejudice – Psychosocial foundations of prejudice – Prejudice and intergroup conflicts – The stigma – New and old forms of prejudice – Children's Prejudice – Overcoming prejudice
Epistemology of research in sociap psychology - Experimental design and research methods – Explicit and Implicit Measures - Questionnaire and self-report measures
More informations about the teaching program can be found in Aulaweb (https://2020.aulaweb.unige.it/course/view.php?id=2143). Upon request, recommended reading and bibliography in English language will be provided to foreign students.
Ricevimento: Tuesday, 14,30-15,30 - Room 4A6, DISFOR- Sezione di Psicologia Corso Podestà, 2 - 16128 Genova
LUCA ANDRIGHETTO (President)
NADIA RANIA
Second semester, around mid-february 2021
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Written exam in Italian language for the mothertongue. Upon request, lecture will organize oral exams in English language for foreign students.
The exam will allow lecture to assess the following students' outcomes:
Critical and independent thinking: Students will be able to use the understood knowledge both from a theoeretical and applied level, with an independent and flexible ability.
Coomunication skills: Students will have to demonstrate an appropriate use of terms appropriate for Social Psychology and to communicate in a clear and unambiguous way with experts and non experts of this field.
Capacità di apprendimento: Students will have to develop approriate learning abilities that will allow them to gain further knowledge aboout the main topics of Social Psychology in an independent way, especially within the working settings where they will work in.
Students are invited to frequently check Aulaweb where materials and information about the present course are constantly updated.
To register the evaluation, students are required to online register on one of the following exams by selecting the entry "Registrazione."
