Psychology of Deviant Behaviour

Code:

P403

Acronym:

PCD

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2017/2018 - 2S

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	149	Official Curricular Structure	3	-	3	30	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To know and understand what it is deviant behaviour, namely by being able to distinguish this concept from other notions and to understand its’ socio-cultural and temporal relativism;
- To know the major themes in deviant behaviour analysis, to understand their complexity and to be capable of explaining, understanding or interpreting them considering the contributions from different disciplines;
- To know the main explanations and theories of the Psychology of deviant behaviour and to develop skills to apply them to specific contexts and behaviours;
- To know the intervention specificities and contexts of the psychologist in this field.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the course, students should be able to:
(a) Understand the meaning of deviant behavior and its cultural and historical relativization and be able to distinguish this concept from other ones;
(b) Know the different types of deviant behaviors and its complexity, being able to explain, understand and interpret them according to multiple disciplines;
(c) Apply knowledge acquired to specific contexts, groups and behaviors
(d) Know specificities and contexts of psychologist' s intervention in the field of deviant behavior.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. The deviant behaviour. Definitions, critical discussion and distinction between concepts (deviation, marginality, disorder, illness...). The biopsychosociology of deviant behavior: transdisciplinarity and the complexity of the explicative process.
2. The theories of deviant behaviour: biological, psychological and socio-cultural; causes, structures and processes that lead to deviance.
3. The major themes in the deviant behaviour. The classic themes: crime, youth delinquency, drugs...; and the emergent themes: insecurity feelings, violence (urban, domestic,...), immigration, deviant sexualities, prostitution...
4. Intervention contexts and the role of the psychologist of deviant behaviour.

Mandatory literature

Agra Cândido; Biopsicossociologia do comportamento desviante
Clinard Marshall B.; Sociology of deviant behavior. ISBN: 978-0-495-09335-0
Goode, E. ; Deviant behavior, Routledge, 2014

Complementary Bibliography

Hart, C.; High price, Harper, 2013
Oliveira Alexandra; Andar na vida. ISBN: 978-972-40-4443-9

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lecture with some discussion. Program contents are exposed to the large group and supported with power point presentations. Some lessons will include practical exercices with discussion and analysis of the presented cases. Conferences by experts. Autonomous study and analysis of recommend papers. 

keywords

Social sciences > Sociology > Urban sociology
Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology
Social sciences > Criminology
Health sciences > Neuroscience > Neuropsychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Teste	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	51,00
Frequência das aulas	30,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

Presence in the classes is mandatory.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final mark (in a 0 to 20 points rating scale) is obtained through the following calculation:
- Four short exams (40% weighting): these short-exams will take place during the classes according to a schedule to be fixed in the beginning of the semester (10% weighting each). In each of the short exams the student must obtain a minimum score of 8 points.
- Final exam (60% weighting): On the subjects lectured during the semester
In each of the evaluation components, the student must obtain a minimum score of 10 points.

Students can choose not to perform the four short exams and just do the final exam which, in this case, will have a weighting of 100%. Similarly, in case of failure of any of the short exams, students will carry out the final examination which will have a weighting of 100%

For successfully completing the course, students must achieve a final mark of 10.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students with specific statutes will be evaluated in the same way, except for the short-exams which may be substituted by one final exam (weighting 40%)

Classification improvement

The attempt to improve the mark can be made by undertaking the final examination again (in accordance with the General Regulations) in only one of the immediately subsequent seasons of final exams if the UC has an exam scheduled. This improvement will only refer to the final exam component of evaluation (60%).