PSY107 Social Psychology I

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Macek, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Martin Vaculík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ondřej Bouša (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Pavel Řezáč, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Šerek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Richard Pavelka (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Macek, CSc.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Petr Macek, CSc.
Timetable
each odd Tuesday 14:00–15:40 P51 Posluchárna V. Čermáka
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
PSY107/PSY_A: each odd Tuesday 16:00–17:40 U23, P. Řezáč, M. Vaculík
PSY107/PSY_B: each even Tuesday 16:00–17:40 U23, P. Řezáč, M. Vaculík
PSY107/PSY_C: each even Tuesday 18:00–19:30 U23, P. Řezáč, M. Vaculík
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This course introduces basic concepts of social psychology, especially in the area of social cognition. More concretely, following themes are included: definition of social psychology, historical review, basic methodological principles, social perception, social cognition, attributional theory, self, and social identity.
At the end of the course students are able to:
a) understand of concepts and theories of this part of social psychology
b) apply theories of this part of social psychology on everyday life experiences
Syllabus
  • This course introduces basic concepts of social psychology, especially in the area of social cognition. More concretely, following themes are included: definition of social psychology, historical review, basic methodological principles, social perception, social cognition, attributional theory, self, and social identity.
  • 1. Myths and reality of everyday social psychology (SP). Definition of SP, SP and other social sciences. Applied SP.
  • 2. History of SP, two early views of SP (W. McDougall, E. A. Ross). Sociál behaviorism, symbolic interactionism (G. H. Mead). Individually oriented SP ( F. H. Allport), an influence of culturally orineted psychoanalysis (K. Horney, H. S. Sullivan, E. Fromm). SP and social anthropology (M. Mead, B. K. Malinowski). Theory of field (K. Lewin), theory of cognitive dissonance (L. Festinger), theory of social perception (F. Heider).
  • 3. Major contemporary theoretical paradigms of SP, crisis of SP (K. J. Gergen). Social cognitive paradigm (A. Bandura, T. E. Higgins), role-rule paradigm (E. Gofmann, S. Stryker), theory of social representation (S. Moscovici, I. Marková). Evolutionary SP (D. Buss), social developmental psychology (K. Durkin). Social constructivism (K. J. Gergen), critical SP.
  • 4. Methods of SP. Observational methods, experimental methods, special methods of SP (attitude scales, semantic differential, sociometry). Ethical issues of research in SP.
  • 5. The construction of social world. Social perception and social cognition. Concepts, schemata, categories, principles of social cognition. Social cognition and memory (primacy effect, recency effect, prime effect). Stereotypes, social representations.
  • 6. Interpretation of social wolrd, attribution of causality. Internal-external attributions, covariation model, the fundamental attributional error, the actor/observer differencies, self-serving attributions.
  • 7. Self. I, me, self. Cognitive aspect of self(self-concept, self-schema), emotional aspects of self (self-evaluations, self-esteem, self-worth), behavioral aspects of self (self-presentation). Theory of self-perception (D. J. Bem), self-discrepancy theory (T. E. Higgins).
  • 8. Social development of personality and social identity (H. Tajfel, C. Turner).
Literature
  • VÝROST, Jozef and Ivan SLAMĚNÍK. Sociálna psychológia. info
  • ARONSON, Elliot and Robin M. AKERT. Social psychology. Edited by Timothy D. Wilson. 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2005, xxxvii, 65. ISBN 0131327933. info
Teaching methods
The course consists of biweekly thematic modules that typically include textbook and other readings, lectures, seminars and graded activities. Students are obliged read the assigned chapters in the course textbook and use the IS e-learning system to read the supplemental literature, which is available electronically in PDF and/or Word format.
Assessment methods
Student will receive a final letter grade (A-F) for semester based on the following components: seminar paper, terminology test, final written exam (test).
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://is.muni.cz/el/1423/podzim2008/PSY107/
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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