Cursos / 1º Ciclo / Institute of Psychology and Educational Sciences :: Psychology

Versao Portuguesa

PSICOLOGIA SOCIAL - 2021/2022

2º curricular year
Semestralidade: 1st semester
ECTS: 6

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Isabel Torres
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutora Isabel Torres

Class type and School hours

Orientação Tutorial : 1 Horas
Teórico-prática : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

Taking contact and adquisition of a group of subjects, theories and concepts that have done the history of the Social Psychology

Specific Aims/Objectives

- Facilitate the understanding of the utility of the Social Psychology for the understanding of the relations between people, groups and societies
- Know the importance of the questions raised by this discipline for the future exercise professional of the students

Skills to be acquired

-Dominate the basic vocabulary of the Social Psychology on purpose in terms of the subjects developed and of the theories presented
- Describe and represent with rigour knowledges purchased
- Reveal qualifications of analysis and reflection that allow the critic adquisition of the contents worked

Teaching Procedures

Further of the presentation of fundamental contents , create a context of dialogue criticise where the contributions of the students are valued. The students can assume an active paper in the construction of the knowledges and of the class

Programme

1. Introduction to the Social Psychology
2. Attitudes
3. Social influence
4. Social representations
5. Social identity
6. Causal attribution
7. Cognitive processes and stereotypes

Evaluation Type

The evaluation comprises two modalities: two tests and two teamwork´s project with oral presentation.

Teaching Resources

- Computer
- Projector
- Scientific journais

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

- Attitutes
- Social influence
- Social representations
- Social identity
- Causal attribution
- Stereotypes

Main Bibliography

Author Vala, J., & Monteiro, M.B.
Title Psicologia Social
Place Lisboa
Editor Editora Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Year 2013
Author Chadee, D.
Title Theories in Social Psychology
Place West Sussex
Editor Willey Blaclvell
Year 2011
Author Gilovich, T., Keltner, D., Chen, S., & Nisbett, R.
Title Social Psychology
Edition 5th Edition
Editor W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Year 2018

Complementary Bibliography

Author Leyens, J.Ph, Yzerbit, V.
Title Psicologia Social
Author Brewer, M.B. & Hewstone, M.
Title Applied Social Psychology