Special Issues in Social Psychology

Code:

P710

Acronym:

QAPS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2013/2014 - 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	27	Official Curricular Structure	4	-	6	54	162
		Official Curricular Structure 2012	4	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Case studies. Analysis of social processes in light of social psychological theory and research

Learning outcomes and competences

Ability to develop a social psychological rationale to specific cases related with prejudice and discrimination, power and social conflict, or consumerism, and to propose theoretically founded intervention strategies about those cases.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Social Psychology

Applied Social Psychology

Program

Major organizing dimensions in social psychological theory, research, and intervention

Case study: Blattant anti-semitism (based on the Nazi propaganda film "Der Ewige Jude")

Case study: Anti-semitism, victimization, and social dominance (based on the Israelian documentary "Defamation")

Case study: Sexual orientation, prejudice, and discrimination (based on the factual film "For the Bible Tells Me So")

Case study: Social construction of prejudice and discrimination (based on the documentary "Blue Eyes")

Case study: Submission, identification, and alienation in a religious sect (based on the factual film "Jonestown"

Case study: Impacto of religious thinking on individuals' attitudes, beliefs, and values (based on the documentary "Religulous")

Case study: Power, manipulation, and consumerism (based on the documentaries "Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumer" and "The Shock Doctrine")

Mandatory literature

Oskamp, S. & Schultz, P. W. ; Applied Social Psychology, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Simon & Schuster, 1998
Vala, J. & Monteiro, M. B. (Eds.) ; Psicologia social, Lisboa: Gulbenkian, 2013
Hogg, M. A. & Vaughan, G. M. ; Social psychology, Londres: Prentice-Hall, 1994

Comments from the literature

Students are also encouraged to research the following journals:

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Psychological Review Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, European Journal of Social Psychology

Teaching methods and learning activities

Atonomous litterature research by the students

Guided group discussion

Debate

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	80,00
Trabalho escrito	20,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	20,00
Frequência das aulas	80,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Final grade = Active presence x .20 + (case study report X .20) x 4

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Written report