Social psychology

Course: Psychology

Structural unit: Faculty of Psychology

Title
Social psychology
Code
ОНД.15
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
4 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
8
Learning outcomes
LO1. To analyze and interpret mental phenomena, identify psychological problems and suggest ways to resolve them. LO13. To interact, communicate, to be clear, tolerant to people with different cultural, age or gender-specific characteristics. LO14. To demonstrate teamwork and leadership skills in the process of solving professional problems. LO15. To demonstrate a responsible attitude towards professional self-improvement, learning and self-development.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Know the essence and structure of the structure of psychological science; features of the course of basic and cognitive mental processes, as well as their development in ontogenesis; personality structure, basic psychological approaches to the study of personality; patterns of communication, means of psychological influence in the process of interaction 2. Be able to use knowledge of psychology in their further professional activities; use the simplest methods of psychological research in the study of various interpersonal interactions and social phenomena in general; determine the features of various mental processes; explain the constituent elements of the personality structure and the role of the unconscious, conscious and superconscious in human mental activity. 3. Have the skills to work with psychological theories; application of the survey method; psychological analysis of the situation of interaction "personality-personality" and "personality-society".
Course content
The purpose of the discipline - students learn the basics of socio-psychological knowledge and skills of their application in professional activities, the formation of students' socio-psychological thinking. Annotation of the discipline: The discipline "Social Psychology" belongs to the list of mandatory disciplines for the preparation of the applicant in psychology and is designed to study the subject, tasks, methods of socio-psychological research; problems of communication, groups and individuals in social psychology; group influence on the individual, etc. Consideration of conceptual issues and applied problems of social psychology is envisaged. Considerable attention is paid to the analysis of issues and literature that are submitted for independent study by students. The discipline "Social Psychology" is one of the components of comprehensive training in the specialty "Psychology".
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Kovalenko A. B. Sotsialna psykholohiia /A. B. Kovalenko, M. N. Korniev. K.: Heoprynt, 2006. 400 s. [in Ukrainian]. Heinzen, T., & Goodfriend, W. (2018). Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 561p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
lecture, seminar, individual work
Assessment methods and criteria
The final assessment is conducted in the form of an exam (in the 4th semester). The maximum number of points that can be obtained by a student is 40 points on a 100-point scale. Form of conducting - written. Types of tasks - open questions, creative tasks; the answer to open question 1 - 25%; answer to open-ended question 2 - in 25%, creative task - in 35% of the total score. The minimum threshold level of the examination mark at which the examination is considered passed may not be less than 24 points. Conditions for admission to the exam. A student is not allowed to take the exam if he / she scored less than 36 points during the semester. He is admitted to the exam provided that 50% of the planned practical work is completed.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

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