SODA016 Applied Social Psychology

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/10. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Kohoutek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Mareš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Mareš, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Štěpařová
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
The course is designed as a compulsory optional in the PhD study programme of Social Education.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course objective is to analyze the human psyche in the context of educational activities. Emphasis is placed on thorough acquisition and critical evaluation of a partial topic in the field of social psychology, which is related to the creation of a dissertation and the overlap into non-academic practice.
Learning outcomes
PhD students will be able to: - define terms of Social Psychology in relation to their application in Social Education; - explain theoretical and methodological background of Social Psychology in the framework of their dissertation; - apply their knowledge in various disciplines of Social Sciences; - design an experiment to explain problematic issues of social behavior in educational reality; - predict the behavior of people in small and large social groups, - apply the acquired knowledge in the interdisciplinary overlap of the social sciences; - assess the benefits of studying Social Psychology for their own studies (Social Education) and for their dissertation.
Syllabus
  • 1. Characteristics of the field of social psychology. Social cognition as one of the key topics of the field. Issues of Social Psychology. Various approaches to Social Psychology (from Evolution Psychology to Sociobiology). 2. Theoretical principles of social cognition. Theory of social cognition. Theory of social identity. Theory of social representations. Discursive psychology. 3. Social perception and social cognition in the process of education. 4. Attitudes. Attitudes and theory of social cognition, theory of social identity, discursive psychology, theory of social representations in the educational context. 5. Attribution processes and theory of social cognition, theory of social identity, theory of social representations, discursive psychology in the educational context. 6. Self and identity. Self and identity and social cognition. Self and identity from the perspective of social representations. Discoursive attitudes to self and identity. 7. Prejudice and stereotypes in social perception in the school environment. Social identity and prejudice. 8. Ideology and social cognition, social identity, social representation, discursive psychology in the process of education.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • HEINZEN, Thomas E. and Wind GOODFRIEND. Case studies in social psychology : critical thinking and application. First Edition. Los Angeles: Sage, 2019, xii, 204. ISBN 9781544308913. info
  • An introduction to social psychology. Edited by Miles Hewstone - Wolfgang Stroebe - Klaus Jonas. Sixth edition. Chichester: Wiley, 2015, xxviii, 63. ISBN 9781118823538. info
  • ARONSON, Elliot and Robin M. AKERT. Social psychology. Edited by Timothy D. Wilson. 8th ed., international ed. Harlow: Pearson, 2014, ii, 538. ISBN 9781292021164. info
  • Applied social psychology : uderstanding and addressing social and practical problems. Edited by Frank W. Schneider - Jamie A. Gruman - Larry M. Coutts. Second edition. Los Angeles: Sage, 2012, xiii, 486. ISBN 9781412976381. info
  • Handbook of theories of social psychology. Edited by Paul A. M. van Lange - Arie W. Kruglanski - E. Tory Higgins. 1st ed. London: Sage publications, 2012, xx, 562. ISBN 9780857029607. info
  • An introduction to critical social psychology. Edited by Alexa Hepburn. London: SAGE, 2003, 1 online. ISBN 9781446218884. info
  • The handbook of social psychology. Edited by Gardner Lindzey - Elliot Aronson. 2nd ed. Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1969, xiv, 786. info
  • The handbook of social psychology. Edited by Gardner Lindzey - Elliot Aronson. 2nd ed. Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1969, xiii, 978. info
  • The handbook of social psychology. Volume II., Research methods. Edited by Gardner Lindzey - Elliot Aronson. 2nd. ed. Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1968, xv, 819 s. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, discussion, self-study, feedback evaluation.
Assessment methods
Colloquium: elaboration of a reflective report from an educational practice or essay (approx. 10 pages) on a topic in social psychology. This report or essay is anchored in the research issues of dissertation topics.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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