Social Psychology

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Lectures, group work, practical activities, analysis of documents.

Learning Outcomes

This curricular unit aims to provide students with an introduction to theoretical foundations of social psychology, presenting the following main goals:

- acquisition of psychosocial analysis skills at various levels in current societies;

- acquisition of skills that enable students to be able to discuss current topics of social psychology relevant to social intervention.

Learning outcomes:

- To develop reading, discussion and critical analysis skills of theoretical texts and empirical papers in the field of social psychology.

- To be able to analyse and discuss current topics of social psychology.

- To understand basic concepts of social psychology and to be able to consider them in the farmework of social intervention.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. What is social psychology?

2. Impression formation

3. Attitudes and values

4. Social representations

5. Structure and group processes

6. Social influence

7. Intergroup relations.

Head Lecturer(s)

Joaquim Manuel Pires Valentim

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Frequency: 100.0%

Bibliography

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

Camino, L., Torres, A., Lima, M., & Pereira, M (2013). Psicologia Social: Temas e Teorias. Brasília:  TechnoPolitik.

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

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

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

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

Valentim, J. P, & Doise, W. (2008). De um estado de facto a um estado de direito: elementos de psicologia social normativa. In A. C. Fonseca (Ed.), Psicologia e Justiça (pp. 37-77). Coimbra: Nova Almedina.

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