The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning outcomes

Module: PSICOLOGIA SOCIALE E DEI GRUPPI
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– To provide knowledge of the main psychosocial processes that intervene in different life contexts.
– To provide conceptual and practical tools for interventions in the field of social and community psychology.
– To promote the use of psychosocial lenses in observing different realities that people construct in interaction.
– To favour methodological and practical competences of the students, possibly through active and critical participation in class.


Module: PSICOLOGIA DINAMICA
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Students will be invited to develop a critical thinking on the several theories in community psychology, gaining consciousness on cultural and discursive processes involved in the social construction of psychological disease. Students need to construct a theoretically founded competence useful to select strategies for specific interventions focused on human interaction. The course also aims to present an introduction to adequate methodology for conducting activities in social and clinical contexts.

Program

Module: PSICOLOGIA SOCIALE E DEI GRUPPI
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During the lessons, the main theoretical contributions to the birth of the discipline will be illustrated, focusing on the those paradigmatic shifts that generated different approaches to social psychology. Then, the main processes that construct social realities will be discussed, with particular attention to social comparison processes, social influence, attitudes, communication and social memory. The theory of Social Representations will be presented with references to its fields of intervention and application.
Finally, the main processes connected to intra and inter group relations, with particular attention to issues connected to roles, leadership and intergroup conflicts. Along the theoretical presentations, pragmatic and real life examples will be favoured in order to enhance students' competences in their future professional interventions.

Bibliography:
Amerio, P. (2007). Fondamenti di psicologia sociale. Bologna: il Mulino.
Speltini, G. e Palmonari, A. (2007). I gruppi sociali. Bologna: il Mulino.


Module: PSICOLOGIA DINAMICA
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1. Epistemological foundation: from naturalistic to social epistemology.
2. Principles and theories of community psychology with particular reference to symbolic-interactionist, systemic, constructivist and social-constructionist perspectives.
3. The social construction of deviance: interactive and communicative processes in normative contexts.
4. Methodological aspects: action research, formation and conversation in working groups, narrative strategies to develop change.

Bibliography examination
• Parton, N., O'Byrne, P. (2005), Costruire soluzioni sociali. Costruzionismo e nuove pratiche di lavoro sociale, Erickson, Trento
• Francescano D., Tomai M. (2005), Psicologia di comunità e mondi del lavoro. Sanità, pubblica amministrazione, azienda e privato sociale, Carocci, Roma
(Chapters to be studied will be given directly to the lesson)

Examination Methods

Module: PSICOLOGIA SOCIALE E DEI GRUPPI
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At the end of the module, there will be a written exam. An oral integration is also possible.
The final mark of the Social and Community Psychology course will be constituted by a single score that can be recorded only after having successfully passed the two modules.
The bibliography for the exam is the same both for students who attend classes and those who do not.


Module: PSICOLOGIA DINAMICA
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The examination will consist of a written exam with open questions. Only in cases in which the teacher deems it appropriate to oralsupplementation will be required.