Social psychology 2 WF-PS-PSS2
1. General regularities of thinking about the world and perceive people. Types and functions of cognitive structures
2.Distortions in the perception of people. Phenomenon: the primacy effect, the persistence effect, implicit theories of personality, self-fulfilling prophecy.
3.Interpretation of human behavior’causes. The belief in a just world, unrealistic optimism, egotistical error of attribution, a fundamental error of attribution. Functions of causal attributions.
4.Stereotypes and prejudices. Types and functions of stereotypes and prejudices. Methods of testing bias. Theories explaining the emergence of prejudice.
5.Gender stereotypes. Biological sex and psychological gender of the individual. Social and personality differences between genders. Biological and cultural theories about the origins of the differences in functioning between men and women.
6.The theory of cognitive dissonance. Sources and methods for reducing dissonance. Other people as a source of dissonance.
7.Getting to know yourself. Sources of self-knowledge. Regulatory functions of self-knowledge.
8.Locus of control. Personality and situational factors of need to control. The consequences of the feeling and the lack of agency for the functioning of the individual.
9.Optimism and pessimism. Types of optimism and pessimism. The consequences of convictions for functioning of the individual.
10.Interpersonal attractiveness. Theories explaining the phenomenon of attractiveness. Determinants of attractiveness. Love and friendship.
11. Manipulation of an own attractiveness - ingratiation
The characterization of ingratiation’s techniques.
12. Self-presentation. Strategies and techniques. Individual differences.
13. Individual differences in self-presentation.
14. Social manipulation. Who are machiavellian people?
15. Strategies and techniques of manipulation. Principles of social life used to manipulate.
16. Values. Kinds and functions of values. Parental values.
17. Attitudes and behavior. Cognitive, emotional and behavioral sources of attitudes.
18. Changes of attitudes. The effectiveness of information transfer. Immunisation attitudes to change.
19. Conformity and its manifestations in society. Kinds of conformity. Situational and personality determinants of conformity.
20. Effect of group on operational performance: the phenomenon of social facilitation and inhibition. Groupthink, polarization.
21. Why help others? Characteristics of basic themes to help. Situation determinants of pro-social behavior. Situational determinants of pro-social behavior.
22. Pro-social behavior - individual differences. Sex and the forms of help.
23. Aggression. Sources of aggression. Genetic, cultural and situational determinants of aggressive behavior. The media and aggressive behavior. Reduction of aggression.
24. Pathology of the large urban agglomerations. Effect of burnout: symptoms - the possibility of prevention.
25. Interpersonal conflicts. Sources of interpersonal conflicts. The methods of conflict resolution, negotiation styles. Rules for negotiations based on cooperation.
(in Polish) Obowiązkowy poprzednik
Subject level
Learning outcome code/codes
Learning outcomes
Knowledge:
The Student knows the basic theories of social behaviour (helpful and aggressive), has knowledge about the mechanisms and techniques of social impact, the evolution of attitudes and their changes. Knows the basic processes of the group.
Skills:
The Student can read psychological texts with comprehension, can critically analyze research methodology, put new research questions. The Student can interpret the behaviour of people referring to the theory of social impact, it can provide for human behavior based on knowledge about the situation and personality determinants of these behaviors.
Competences:
the Student effectively operates in the Group: is helpful, controls its own aggression, assertively behaves, can critically evaluate their own behavior.
ECTS
participation in lecture: 30 h
participation in classes: 30 h
prepare for exam: 60 h
The sum=150 points = 5 ECTS
Assessment criteria
Test
evaluation's criterions:
51% correct answers - 3
75% correct answers - 4
95% correct answers - 5
Bibliography
Aronson E., Wilson T.D., Akert R. (1994).Social Psychology. The heart and the mind.New York: HarperCollins College Publishers.
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