Social Psychology I

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Students must choose one of two evaluation options, a) or b):

a) One Type A exam (50%) and two Type C exams (25% + 25%)

b) Final exam

Learning Outcomes

The curricular unit Social Psychology I aims to provide deep knowledge and understanding of the substantive areas of social psychology by developing skills related to critical thinking and theoretical-epistemological reflection.

 

Learning outcomes

By the end of this unit, students should be able to:

1) identify, describe and evaluate in an accurate and exact way the main systems and theoretical models, empirical contents and research methods of social psychology;

2) know the relevant implications for the psychological practice.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1 Introduction to Social Psychology

1.1 History and theoretical systems

1.2 Inter and intradisciplinary relations

1.3 Research methods and techniques

2 Individual and interindividual processes

2.1 Cognition and social thinking

2.1.1 Representations of social knowledge

2.1.2 Attitudes, change of attitude and persuasion

2.1.3 Values, ideologies, and attitudinal systems

2.1.4 Perception of persons and processes of causal attribution

2.2 Self and interpersonal processes

2.2.1 Self and self-presentation strategies

2.2.2 Motivation and social regulation of emotions

2.2.3 Interpersonal communication

2.2.4 Attraction, intimate relationships and sexuality

2.2.5 Aggression and altruism

Head Lecturer(s)

Lisete Santos Mendes Mónico

Assessment Methods

Final
Exam: 100.0%

Periodic
One Type A exam : 50.0%
Two Type C exams : 50.0%

Bibliography

Aronson, E., Wilson, T. D., & Akert, R. M. (2007). Social psychology (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

 

Gilbert, D. T., Fiske, S. T., & Lindzey, G. (Eds.).(1998). The handbook of social psychology (4th ed., 2 Vols). New York: McGraw-Hill.

 

Reis, H. T., & Judd, C. M. (Eds.).(2000). The handbook of research methods in social and personality psychology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. [Índice NIIPS]

 

Schneider, F. W., Gruman, J. A., & Coutts, L. M. (Eds.).(2005). Applied social psychology: Understanding and addressing social and practical problems. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

 

Vala, J., & Monteiro, M. B. (Eds.).(2000). Psicologia social (4ª ed.). Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. [7ª ed.: 2006]