CODE 114106 ACADEMIC YEAR 2026/2027 CREDITS 5 cfu anno 3 SCIENZE DELL'EDUCAZIONE E DELLA FORMAZIONE 10841 (L-19) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-PSI/05 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 1° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND INTERVENTIONS IN CARE COMMUNITIES AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Through this teaching, the student will be able to refine their critical and analytical abilities in current social phenomena such as, for example, conformity, prejudice, and the relationship with digital technologies. The understanding of these phenomena will expand from the individual to the group, encompassing the community as a crucial context for interaction in promoting well-being AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES At the end of the course, students will be able to: understand the theoretical foundations of social psychology; identify the main authors and landmark studies in social psychology; demonstrate familiarity with the principal empirical methods used to analyze social phenomena; develop basic communication skills for discussing phenomena studied in social psychology; understand how social processes influence human behavior at the individual, group, and community levels. TEACHING METHODS 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. SYLLABUS/CONTENT The course will be organized into two modules: Part 1: Foundations of Social and Community Psychology Definition of social and community psychology Social cognition Social influence and conformity The psychology of digital media Processes of belonging and relationships among individuals, groups, and communities Part 2: The Social Psychology of Prejudice The nature of prejudice Individuals prone to prejudice Old and new forms of prejudice The experience and consequences of prejudice for its targets Strategies for reducing prejudice in educational and community settings RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Andrighetto, L., & Riva, P. (a cura di). (2026). Psicologia sociale: Fondamenti teorici ed empirici (2ª ed.). Il Mulino. Ppt slides and other materials that will be uploaded on Aulaweb. More informations about the teaching program can be found in Aulaweb. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD LUCA ANDRIGHETTO Ricevimento: Office hours are available by appointment, to be arranged via email, and may be held either in person (Social and Intergroup Perception Laboratory, Room 3c3, DISFOR) or online via Microsoft Teams Exam Board LUCA ANDRIGHETTO (President) NADIA RANIA LESSONS LESSONS START First semester Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION The exam consists of two parts: Multiple-choice quiz (in Italian). This test is preliminary and selective, granting access to the oral exam only to students who reach the minimum threshold set. Oral exam (in English or italian), aimed at assessing understanding and the ability to discuss and connect the course topics. The final grade is the sum of the two parts, with equal weight assigned to each. Upon request, non-native speakers may take the entire oral exam either in Italian or in English. ASSESSMENT METHODS The exam will allow the lecture to assess the following students' outcomes: 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. Learning skills: 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. Written exam in Italian language for the mothertongue. Upon request, lecture will organize oral exams in English language for foreign students. FURTHER INFORMATION Students are invited to frequently check Aulaweb where materials and information about the present course are constantly updated. Students with disabilities, Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), or Special Educational Needs (SEN) are reminded that, in order to request examination accommodations, they must first submit the relevant documentation to the University’s Student Inclusion Service for Students with Disabilities and SLD. Subsequently, students with disabilities or SLD who wish to request examination accommodations must complete the form available on the following webpage: Services for Students with Disabilities or SLD | UniGe | University of Genoa. Students with SEN, on the other hand, are required to send an email to the course instructor, copying both the School Contact Person for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities and SLD (laura.traverso@unige.it) and the Student Inclusion Service (inclusione.studenti@info.unige.it). The email must include: the course title; the date of the examination session; the student’s surname, first name, and student ID number; the compensatory tools and/or accommodation measures requested and considered necessary. For all students, requests for examination accommodations must be submitted well in advance of the examination date (at least 7 working days beforehand). Requests submitted after this deadline may not be accommodated. If this is for an official UniGe syllabus, I can also make it sound more closely aligned with standard UK university terminology (e.g., “reasonable accommodations” instead of “accommodation measures”).
