To describe and explain several key phenomena related to social perception.
To define the concept of social identity and formulate important interrelated notions like self-perception or self-esteem.
Social Psychology
Social perception. Social identity.
Aim of this lecture
Lesson 3
Questions before Reading:
What factors influence our judgement of others?
How does it happen that some people have low self-esteem?
What are your social roles?
Questions after Reading:
How would you explain importance of attribution and fundamental attribution error in teachers´s profession?
What is the self-concept and how would you describe its influence on information processing?
Name at least three responses to possible self-concept threats:
What are the different types of self-awareness and self-consciousness?
Why do we pursue self-esteem and how can you improve it?
What is the difference between strategic and expressive self-presentation strategy?
What is a role conflict? Find an example from your personal life.
Social perception
Kalat J. W. 2007 . Introduction to Psychology 8th Edition. Belmont CA Wadsworth Publishing.
11 pages
Social identity and self-esteem
Hogg, M.A., Vaughan G.M. (2010). Essentials of social psychology. London: Pearson.
6 pages
Huguet, P., Kuyper H. (2017). Applying social psychology to the classroom. In Eds. Steg, L., Keizer, K., Buunk, B., & Rothengatter, T. Applied social psychology: Understanding and managing social problems. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
22 pages
Social roles in teaching
Status is our relative social position within a group, while a role is the part our society expects us to play in a given status. This social stucturing allows greater predictability in a social environment. When it comes to acquiring social roles, we usually distinguish among roles that are ascribed (role of a man or a woman, being a firstborn child) and acquired (by doing something - a woman becomes a mother by having a baby). Some roles can be forced upon us (black sheep of a family or an unemployed person). It is common for people to have multiple overlapping statuses and roles, which can create internal and/or external conflicts.
Fontana, D. (1995). Psychology for teachers. London: Macmillan Press.
3 pages