Psychology of mass behavior
Course: Economics and Economic Policy
Structural unit: Faculty of Economics
Title
Psychology of mass behavior
Code
ВК 2.2.3 (П3)
Module type
Вибіркова 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
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
Full-time form
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. Васютинський В. Психологічні виміри спільноти. К., 2010.
2. Найдьонова Л. А. Медіапсихологія: основи рефлексивного підходу. Кіровоград, 2015
3. Нові медіа в сучасному суспільстві: культурологічний вимір: монографія / В. М. Судакова, М. Ю. Наумова та ін .К . : Інститут культурології НАМ України, 2017.
4. Орбан-Лембрик Л. Е. Соціальна психологія великих стихійних груп і масових явищ: Навч.-метод. посібн. Івано-Франківськ, 2005.
6. Слюсаревський М. М., Хазратова Н. В. Соціальна психологія.– Навч. посібн. Львів: Вид-во Львівської політехніки, 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
Pavlo
Dmytrovych
Frolov
Department of Social Psychology
Faculty of Psychology
Faculty of Psychology
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Department of Social Psychology
Faculty of Psychology