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Study Plan
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Laurea in Scienze del servizio sociale - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
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A course to be chosen among the followingLegend | Type of training activity (TTA)
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Social and community psychology - PSICOLOGIA DINAMICA (2018/2019)
Teaching code
4S02341
Teacher
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
M-PSI/07 - DYNAMIC PSYCHOLOGY
Period
Sem. 2B dal Apr 8, 2019 al Jun 1, 2019.
To show the organization of the course that includes this module, follow this link: Course organization
Learning outcomes
General Objectives
Knowledge and understanding
- knowledge and understanding related to the contextualization of the need and the recognition of its biopsychosocial nature
- knowledge and understanding of the principal processes of social change
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
- ability to place the critical issues relate to users within the broader dynamics of social change
- ability to interpret the causes of the needs and to distinguish those that have social, family rather than personal origin, also paying attention to the relationships and to the reinforcement actions that are related to them
Specific Objectives
The course in Community Psychology will introduce the students to the specific analytical perspective of such a discipline, working within the general framework of Dynamic Psychology, but also employing the main concepts presented in the course of Social Psychology. Community Psychology looks at the sources of well-being, shifting the focus from an individualistic perspective and investigating instead its collective dimension. The focus will be on the relationships between people (especially between the social worker and the service user) and between people and the contexts they live in. Students will study the importance of a sense of community, the concept of participation and community empowerment for individual and social changes. It will be demonstrated how community work can deal with psycho-social problems and develop individual resources in relationship settings. Theoretical principles that guide social workers will be discussed during the lessons.
Program
Course topics:
• human development and the importance of relationships
• quality of life, disease, prevention and health promotion
• the community development: from changing process to its results
• psychological resources and empowerment
• sense of community and involvement
• social support, networking and community
• community work: operators, environments and modalities
• relationship and empathy in social work
Books:
Santinello M., Vieno A., Lenzi M. (2018). Fondamenti di Psicologia di Comunità (Seconda Edizione), Il Mulino, BO.
Fortuna F., Tiberio A. (2001). Il mondo dell’empatia, F. Angeli, MI. Chapters: 1, 3 (par. 1 and 2), 7.
Bonino S. (2006). Contagio, empatia e comportamento prosociale. In: G.V. Caprara e S. Bonino (Eds.) Il comportamento pro sociale. Aspetti individuali, familiari e sociali, Erickson, TN.
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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| Santinello M., Vieno A., Lenzi M. | Fondamenti di Psicologia di Comunità (Edizione 2) | Il Mulino, BO | 2018 | 9788815278715 | |
| G.V. Caprara e S. Bonino (a cura di) | Il comportamento pro sociale. Aspetti individuali, familiari e sociali | Erickson, TN | 2006 | 9788879468770 | |
| Fortuna F., Tiberio A. | Il mondo dell’empatia | F. Angeli, MI | 2001 | 9788846417145 |
Examination Methods
Written exam with two open questions. The aim of these questions is to assess the students’ knowledge of the subjects described in the books/chapters listed in the syllabus. The final mark of the exam entitled “Psicologia Sociale e di Comunità” will be the mean score of the evaluations of the student’s responses to four questions (two on the subjects of the module of Social Psychology and two on the module of Community Psychology) expressed in thirtieths. The student must achieve a pass in both modules in the exam in the same exam session. The assessment methods and criteria will be the same for attending and non-attending students.
