Psychology of mass behavior

Course: International Economy

Structural unit: Faculty of Economics

Title
Psychology of mass behavior
Code
ВБ 2.1.1
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2022/2023
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
4 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO 6. To use professional arguments to transmit information, ideas, problems and ways of their solving to professionals and non-professionals in the field of economic activity. PLO 9. To realize the main features of the modern world and national economy, the institutional structure, directions of social, economic and foreign economic policy of the state. PLO 13. To identify sources and understand the methodology of determination and methods for obtaining socio-economic data, collect and analyze the necessary information, calculate economic and social indicators. PLO 21. To be able to think abstractly, apply analysis and synthesis to identify the key characteristics of economic systems of various levels, as well as the peculiarities of their subjects' behavior. PLO 22. To demonstrate flexibility and adaptability in new situations, in working with new objects and in uncertain conditions.
Form of study
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Know the theoretical foundations and leading areas of socio-political disciplines and their intersection with the economy; be able to search for the necessary information to analyze and critically evaluate it; formulate public inquiries and relate them to their professional activities; have the skills to work with the research and reference apparatus of libraries; basic methods of collecting and interpreting the facts of social reality; establishing causal relationships; different ways of argumentation, and presentation of information to influence the recipient, conducting discussions.
Course content
The purpose of this discipline - mastering the basic psychological patterns and functions of mass group consciousness; deepening ideas about the nature of socio-economic behavior and its motives, factors, and mechanisms; as well as methods of its study and management. Summary The discipline provides: 1) development of professional competence in the field of mass and collective social phenomena; 2) acquisition of methodologies of socio- psychological and psychological-economic research, skills and abilities; the practical use of modern socio- psychological methods and technologies in economics; 3) formation of socio-psychological analysis of economic phenomena and processes, to implement the acquired knowledge to solve the problems of modern economic policy.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Vasyutynskyi V. Psychological dimensions of the community. K., 2010. 2. Naidyonova L. A. Media psychology: the basics of a reflexive approach. Kirovohrad, 2015 3. New media in modern society: cultural dimension: monograph / V. M. Sudakova, M. Yu. Naumova, etc. K. : Institute of Cultural Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2017. 4. Orban-Lembryk L.E. Social psychology of large spontaneous groups and mass phenomena: Teaching method. manual Ivano-Frankivsk, 2005. 6. Slyusarevskyi M.M., Khazratova N.V. Social psychology. manual Lviv: Publishing House of Lviv Polytechnic, 2019.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
lecture, seminar, individual work, debate, summary
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral answers and additions during seminars and discussions, analytical reports, summaries, creative individual work, tests. The control is carried out according to the modular rating system, which provides for a two-level assessment of the mastered material, including assessment of theoretical training (50%) and assessment of practical training (50%). The final assessment is conducted in the form of a test, which is conducted in the form of an oral examination on the subject of the course and the implementation of a creative individual task, the maximum score is 20 points. The minimum number of points added to the semester - 12 points (60% of the maximum number of points allocated for the test).
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Vitaliy Leonidovych Pankovets
Department of Social Psychology
Faculty of Psychology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Social Psychology
Faculty of Psychology