Special Issues in Social Psychology

Code:

P751

Acronym:

TEPS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2020/2021 - 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	24	Official Curricular Structure	4	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Case studies. Analysis of social phenomena in light of current theory and research in Social Psychology

Learning outcomes and competences

Ability to develop a rationale about cases involving prejuddice aand discrimination, power and social conflict, or consumerism, in light of Social Psychology, and to propose theoretically grounded intervention strategies for these cases.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Major trends in the theory, research and intervention in Social Psychology 

Case study: Anti-semistism and propaganda (based on the Nazi propaganda film "Der Ewige Jude")

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

Case study: Sexual orientation, prejudice and discrimination (based on the documentary "For the Bible tells me so")

Case study: The social consttruction of prejudice and discrimination (based on the documentary "Blue eyes").

Case study: Compliance, identification, and alienation in a religious groups (based on the documentary "Jonestown").

Case study: Impact of religious thinking on people's attitudes, beliefs, and values (based on the documentary "Religulous").

Case study: Power, manipulation, and consumerism (based on the documentaries "Surplus: Terrorized into being a consumer" and "The Shock Doctrine").

Mandatory literature

Oskamp, S, & Schultz, P. W.; Applied socia psychology, Simon & Schuster, 1998
Vala, J. & Monteiro, M.; Psicologia Social, Gulbenkian, 2013
Hogg, M. & Vaughan, G.; Social Psychology, Prentice-Hall, 2014

Teaching methods and learning activities

Autonomous reading by students

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Psychological Review, Journal of Peersonality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Review, Peersonality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Social Psychology Quarterly.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

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

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	27,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de investigação	54,00
Trabalho escrito	27,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Paper.

Calculation formula of final grade

Nota final = Presença x .20 + (Relatório x .20) x 4