Groups and Relations between Groups

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Lectures; seminars with invited specialists, group work, analysis, discussion and presentation of texts, practical exercises, visual aids.

Learning Outcomes

This optional curricular unit (Erasmus Mundus European Master WOP-P) aims:

- The development of students’ abilities for psychosocial analysis at different levels of group processes and intergroup relations, with a special focus on societal issues and on the role played by the organizational sphere.

- Starting from the knowledge of the theoretical models of social psychology, it also aims to develop skills of analysis and interpretation of social and organizational processes, including the role of groups in the decisions and processes of social change, the identity in the context of relations between groups, prejudice, discrimination and social justice.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Groups and “the power of the situation”

2. Collective decisions

3. Social justice in work context

4. Intergroup relations and identity:

4.1. Basic theoretical issues

4.2 Post-colonialism in European societies

5. Discriminations, interdependence and rights

5.1. The construction of terrorism: theoretical and organizational issues

5.2. Human rights as social representations.

Head Lecturer(s)

Joaquim Manuel Pires Valentim

Assessment Methods

Evaluation
A) Individual work 2 pp. : 30.0%
B) Group work (2 or 3 students): two class presentations, and a text with a maximum of 5 pp. : 30.0%
C) Group work (2 or 3 students) with a maximum of 10 pp. about one of the three optional themes: 40.0%

Bibliography

Doise, W. (2002). Humanrights as social representations. London: Routledge

European Commission (2007).European handbook on equality data. Luxembourg: Office for Off. Publ. European Communities

Moghaddam, F. (2005).From the terrorist’s point of view: What they experience and why they come to destroy. London: Praeger

Sanchez-Mazas, M. & L. Licata, L. (Eds.) (2005).L’Autre: regardspsychosociaux. Grenoble: PUG

Valentim, J. P.(2008). Identidade pessoal e social: entre a semelhança e a diferença. Psychologica, 47, 109-123.

Valentim, J. P.(in press, 2011). Societal approaches in social psychology. Berne: Peter Lang

Valentim, J. P.(2011). Sheriftheoreticalconceptsandintergrouprelationsstudies. Psychologica, 52(2)

Valentim, J. P, &Doise, W. (2008). De um estado de facto a um estado de direito: elementos de psicologia social normativa. In A. Fonseca (Ed.), Psicologia e Justiça. Coimbra: NA

Valentim, J. P., &Helkama, K. (2011). Justiça social: pressupostos e temas organizacionais (pp. 321-352). In A. D. Gomes (Ed.), Psicologia das organizações, do trabalho e dos recursos humanos. Coimbra: IUC.