Social psychology WF-ZPS-N-PS

1. What social psychology is and how it operates
2. Social motives
3. Social cognition
4. Social beliefs
5. Perception of others
6. Self-perception and self-esteem
7. Attitudes and morality
8. Happiness
9. Social influence
10. Attractiveness and love
11. Prosocial behavior, aggression
12. Social conflict and power
13. Social group
14. Intergroup relations
15. Women and men

Term 2023/24:

1. Fields and methods of research in social psychology
2. Man's knowledge of the world
3. Basic phenomena in perceiving oneself and people
4. Stereotypes, prejudices, discrimination
5. Gender stereotypes
6. Interpreting the causes of human behavior - causal attributions
7. Cognitive dissonance theory, other people as a source of dissonance
8. Self-knowledge - sources and functions of self-knowledge
9. Basic distortions of self-knowledge
10. Interpersonal attractiveness - theories and regularities
11. The need to exercise control, the consequences of not feeling in control
12. Social groups - phenomena occurring in groups
13. Social impact - levels of impact and consequences
14. Pro-social behavior - motives for pro-social behavior
15. Prosocial behavior - personality and situational determinants
16. Aggressive behavior

(in Polish) E-Learning

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs)

(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych

(in Polish) nie dotyczy

(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS

Participation in the lecture - 32 hours Preparation for the exam - 30 hours

Subject level

elementary

Learning outcome code/codes

(in Polish) PS_W08, PS_U04, PS_U05, PS_K01

Type of subject

obligatory

Course coordinators

Term 2023/24:

Elżbieta Stojanowska-Borowiec

Term 2021/22:

Jarosław Piotrowski

Term 2024/25:

Elżbieta Stojanowska-Borowiec

Term 2025/26:

Radosław Stupak

Term 2020/21:

Jarosław Piotrowski

Term 2022/23:

Jarosław Piotrowski

Learning outcomes

knowledge:
1. understands the basic phenomena in the field of social perception
2. knows the causes of social prejudice and racism
3. knows the sources of self-knowledge and the basic distortions of self-knowledge
4. understands the importance of interpersonal attractiveness for the social functioning of an individual
5.Understands the situational and personality determinants of prosocial and aggressive behavior
Skills
1. Reads and understands articles on social psychology
2. Identifies social prejudices in my environment
3. Designs simple research on measuring stereotypes and prejudices
4. It predicts the assessment of an individual's interpersonal attractiveness based on their behavior
Competence
1. Is sensitive to social injustice
2. Can assertively discuss - appreciates the views of others
3. Can logically communicate their opinions on social issues

Assessment criteria

Grades:

2 – does not know the basic theories of social psychology

3 – knows several theories but cannot provide studies verifying those theories

4 – knows the basic theories of social psychology and some of the studies related to their verification

5 – knows the basic theories and key studies verifying those theories

Assessment method: test

Bibliography

Wojciszke, B. i Grzyb, T. (2024). Psychologia społeczna. Wydanie drugie zaktualizowane. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar.

Term 2023/24:

Aronson E. I in. (1997) Psychologia społeczna. Serce i umysł. Poznań, Wydawnictwo Zysk i S-ka
Wojciszke B. (2012). Psychologia społeczna. Warszawa, Wydawnictwo Naukowe „Scholar”

Additional information

Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:

Psychology - part-time mastery studies

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of WF-ZPS-N-PS in USOSweb