SODC016 Applied Social Psychology 1

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 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
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 also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 5 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/5, only registered: 0/5, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/5
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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
The 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 dissertation; - 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. Problems of social psychology research. Social cognition as one of the key topics of the field. Different approaches to social psychology. 2. Theoretical principles of social cognition, theory of social identity, theory of social representations, discursive psychology. 3. Attitudes and their social significance in the educational context. 4. Attribution processes and their significance in the educational context. 5. Self and identity. Socio-cognitivist approaches to self and identity. 6. Prejudices, stereotypes and social perceptions in the school environment. 7. Ideology, social identity and social cognition in the process of education. 8. Individual and social aspects in research. Experiments in social psychology.
Literature
    required literature
  • Sociální psychologie. Edited by Jozef Výrost - Ivan Slaměník. 2., přepracované a rozší. Praha: Grada, 2008, 404 stran. ISBN 9788024714288. info
  • AUGOUSTINOS, Martha, Iain WALKER and Ngaire DONAGHUE. Social cognition : an integrated introduction. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2006, vii, 364. ISBN 076194219X. info
  • Sociální psychologie : moderní učebnice sociální psychologie. Edited by Miles Hewstone - Wolfgang Stroebe, Translated by Dagmar Brejlová - Pa. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2006, 769 s. ISBN 8073670925. info
    recommended literature
  • ARONSON, Elliot and Robin M. AKERT. Social psychology. Edited by Timothy D. Wilson. 8th ed., international ed. Boston: Pearson, 2013, xxix, 538. ISBN 9780205918027. info
  • ZIMBARDO, Philip G. Moc a zlo : sociálně psychologický pohled na svět. Edited by Jiří Fiala - Martina Klicperová-Baker. Praha: Moraviapress, 2005, 199 s. ISBN 8086181804. info
  • Applied social psychology. Edited by Marilynn B. Brewer - Miles Hewstone. Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2004, x, 357. ISBN 1405110678. 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
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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