Social Psychology

Academic year 2011-12

Date last modified

23-4-2012 1:29

Period

Period 2

Startdate:

31-Oct-11

Enddate:

23-Dec-11

Code

SSC2019

ECTS credits

5.0

Organisational unit

University College Maastricht

Coordinator

H.J. Hospers

Description

Social psychology studies the cognitions, emotions and human behaviour especially determined by interaction with other people. The course begins with a few of the classical themes from social psychology: conformity, attitudes and attitude change, and cognitive dissonance. Furthermore, themes like prejudices and stereotypes, aggression and persuasion will be considered. The final two weeks of the course the students have to use the theoretical knowledge gained in the first 6 weeks when explaining a self-selected behavioral problem. This “Applying Theory” practical has a 100% attendance requirement.

Goals

To provide an introduction to social psychology.

Instruction language

Prerequisites

Recommended literature

• Aronson, E., Wilson, T.D., & Akert, R. M. (2010). Social Psychology Global Edition (7th Ed). Boston: Pearson Education plus MyPsychLab (Pearson Education). The book and MyPsychLab (= e-learning environment) form one package. Please note the correct ISBN: 9781408259627 for the package.

Teaching methods

PBL
PRESENTATION(S)
LECTURE(S)
ASSIGNMENT(S)
PAPER(S)

Assessment methods

FINAL PAPER
ATTENDANCE
PARTICIPATION
WRITTEN EXAM
ORAL EXAM
TAKE HOME EXAM

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