Teaching code

4S02341

Teacher

Marco Salvati

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-PSI/05 - SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Period

Sem. 1A dal Sep 25, 2023 al Nov 4, 2023.

Courses Single

Authorized

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

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Program

The module is organized around three interconnected leading themes: social identity, social context, and social action. Groups provide people with a sense of who they are – and who they are not – and much of what happens between and within groups can be understood in terms of people's attempts to express, clarify or defend their social identity. But social identities are not immutable entities that accompany us as they are throughout life, but emerge from particular social contexts when people try to understand their social world and react to it. Not least, groups are a vital tool of social action, something that can often help people change things around them.
1. The reality of groups: definitions; relationship between individuals and groups
2. Formation and other elementary processes of groups: interdependence, social categorization
3. Agreement and disagreement in groups: norms, processes of influence, group decisions
4. Innovation and change in groups
5. Effectiveness in groups: productivity and decision-making processes
6. Morality in groups: aggression, collective violence, helping behaviors
7. Conflict and inequality: intergroup relations, realistic conflict, dehumanization,
8. Rebellion and social change: Anger and rejection of the status quo, SIT , Collective Action
9. When Groups Meet: Intergroup Contact and Reducing Prejudice, the Challenges of Diversity and Multiculturalism
Textbook:
- Brown, R. & Pehrson, S. (2023). Psicologia sociale dei gruppi. Il Mulino.
- Chapter 4: "Atteggiamenti e Persuasione" in: Hogg M., A., & Vaughan, G., M. (2016). Psicologia Sociale. Teorie e Applicazioni. Pearson. (Only the first part on 'Attitudes' and excluding the second part relating to Persuasion'. The pages relating to the chapter will be provided by the professor and made available on the Moodle page of the course).

Bibliography

Didactic methods

The delivery of the module will take place exclusively in presence, using both frontal teaching and classroom exercises. All male and female students must register on the module's Moodle platform, which will be the main communication channel and where all the resources (e.g. slides) used in class can be found.

Learning assessment procedures

The final exam of the 'Social psychology of groups' module will take place in written form and will include both multiple choice questions and open-ended questions (max 32 points). During the delivery of the course, for those who wish, it will be possible to participate in an individual and/or collaborative activity (both optional) which, following a positive evaluation, will give up to a maximum of 3 points as recognition, which will be added to the vote of the written test of the module, only in case of achievement of the sufficiency (18/32). Further information and specifications both on the activities and on the exam will be communicated both in class and on the Moodle page of the Course Module.

Evaluation criteria

• Closed questions do NOT include penalties for incorrect answers.
• The points of the optional activities will be added to the final score only in case of the achievement of the sufficiency in the written test, or a vote equal to or higher than 18;
• In case of failing the exam or renouncing the mark obtained, the extra points obtained will NOT be lost, but will be kept until the last exam session of the a.y. 2024/2025;
• At the discretion of the teacher, it will be possible to request an oral integration from the student. The final exam of the 'Social psychology of groups' module will consist of a written test with:
• 20 closed questions (1 point for each correct answer);
• 4 short open questions graded from 0 to 3 points; Participation in the individual activity will make it possible to acquire n. 1 extra point, which will be added to the score obtained in the written test;
Participation in the collaborative activity will make it possible to acquire up to no. 2 extra points, which will be added to the score obtained in the written test.
*** The final mark of the "Social and Community Psychology" exam will consist of a single mark (average of the evaluations of the Social Psychology questions and of the two Community Psychology questions for the prevention of discomfort, expressed out of thirty) which will be recorded once both modules have been passed in the same exam session.***

Exam language

Italiano