Social Psychology II

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Lectures, group work, discussion, practical activities, text analysis, and possibility of session with invited specialist. 

Learning Outcomes

This curricular unit aims provide to the students a solid knowledge of the social psychology theoretical fundamentals that allow them to:

- understand the psychosocial processes at stake, at different levels of analysis, in groups and in intergroup relations, highlighting current societal issues;

- developing abilities of critical analysis and theoretical, methodological and epistemological reflexion in the abovementioned fields of study.

Learning outcomes:

- based on solid psychosociall knowledge, be able to analyse, understand and evaluate the role of groups and intergroup relations in behaviour and decison-making, as well as in identity processes, social change, prejudice and discrimination in current societies;

- be able to use these knowledge as tools to understand and critical analysing concret situations where group processes and intergroup relations occur, and take into account their implications for psychosocial intervention in those domains.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Group structure and processus

2. Collective decisions 

3. Crowds and collective behavior

4. Stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination

5. Identity and intergroup relations

    5.1. Individualistic approaches

    5.2. From realistic conflict theory to social identity theory

    5.3. Differentiation between individuals and between groups

    5.2. Current societal issues.

Head Lecturer(s)

Joaquim Manuel Pires Valentim

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Midterm exam 2 x 50%: 100.0%

Bibliography

Aronson, E., Wilson, T. D., & Akert, R. M., & Sommers, S. R. (2015). Social psychology (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

Doise, W., & Valentim, J. P. (2015). Levels of analysis in social psychology. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), Internantional Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd ed., Vol. 13 (pp. 899–903). Oxford: Elsevier.

Brown, R., & Gaertner, S. (Eds.).(2001). Blackwell handbook of social psychology: Intergroup processes. Oxford: Blackwell.

Forsyth, D. R. (2019). Group dynamics (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage.

Hogg, M., & Vaughan, G. M. (2010). Essentials of social psychology. Harlow: Pearson.

Leyens, J. P., & Yzerbyt, V. (2004). Psicologia Social. Lisboa: Edilções 70.

Taylor, D. M., & Moghaddam, F. M. (1994). Theories of intergroup relations. London: Praeger.

Vala, J., & Monteiro, M. B. (Eds.) (2013). Psicologia Social (9a ed.). Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.

Yzerbyt, V., & Klein, O. (2019). Psychologie sociale. Louvain-la-Neuve: de Boeck.