Laboratory Practice of Social Psychology

Code:

P405

Acronym:

PL

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Scientific Research Methodology

Instance: 2008/2009 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIPSI	34	Official Curricular Structure 2007/2008	2	-	3	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1. Acquaintance with experimentation on Social Psychology.
2. Designing and implementing experiments in several Social Psychology research fields.
3. Introduction to concepts related to the Social Psychology Laboratory.
4. Ethical considerations on social psychological experimental research .

Program

1. Introduction to Social Psychology laboratory practice throught the presentation, reproduction and discussion of classical experiments in the following fields:
a. Social influence processes (e.g. obedience to authority and conformity to the group)
b. Group processes (e.g. reactions to deviance and the emergence of leadership)
c. Stereotypes
d. Ethnocentrism, prejudice and social discrimination
e. Impression formation
f. Intervention in emergencies
g. Rumour
h. Causal attributions
2. Experimental design in Social Psychology: experimental control and construction of "real" situations in laboratory.
3. Concepts of “measure” and “validity” : concepts of construct, variable, and instrument; special instruments.
4. Ethical implications of social psychological experimentation : boundaries of experimentation – the importance of informed consent and debriefing; distinction between experimental manipulation and "deception”; anonymity and confidentiality.

Mandatory literature

Hogg, M. A. & Vaughn, G. M.; Social Psychology, Prentice Hall, 1995
Vala, J., & Monteiro, M. B. ; Psicologia social (6ª Ed.), Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2004
Smith, E. R. & Mackie, D. M. ; Social psychology, Psychology Press, 2000
Judd, C. M., Smith, E. R., & Kidder, L. H. ; Research methods in social relations, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991

Teaching methods and learning activities

Demonstrative; Group assignments

keywords

Social sciences > Educational sciences > Research methodology
Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Social psychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	30,00
Group exercise	Teste	2,00		2008-12-19
Individual monograph	Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	27,00		2009-01-28
Group report	Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	22,00		2008-12-19
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Presence required in 75% of classes minimum

Calculation formula of final grade

Group assignment(30%); Group assignment report (20%); Individual assignment (50%)

Examinations or Special Assignments

Group assignment; Group assignment report ; Individual assignment

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

As previewed in Faculty regulations

Classification improvement

Individual assignment