Curricular Unit:			Code:
Social Psychology			1138PSSO
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
2	Undergraduate	Psychology	6 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Winter Semester		Portuguese/English	78
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
It is important that students have new and deep knowleges based in high school. And have the capacity of understanding new issues to resolve new problems. And have the capacity to communicate new informations and skills to everyone. Now and during their life span.
Syllabus:
It´s important to develope the skills and knowledge about same thematicas of social psychology likr Social influence ( normalizatiton, conformity, inovation, obedience to authority, atitude changes) and social cognition ( atitudes, causal atribution, beliefs, prejudice and stereoptypes, social representations.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
The knowledge and skills about social influence and social cognition are central to understand the power and importance of the discipline concerning social sciences in their pratice life and academic one.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
The theorical and expositive classes will be the more important moments to get the main goals of social psychological knowledge with two mid therm evaluations. We don´t forget the pratical classes and the reading of scientific articals.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
The methodology of expositive classes is important to show the difents areas of the social psychology. But we need to do aplications of this knowledge in pratical classes too.
Reading:
Fiske S. & Taylor, S. (2001) Social Cognition. N.Y. McGRaw-Hill BFP 316.6 PSY Bar-Tal, D., Grauman, C.F:, Kruglnasky, A, & Stroebe, W. (Eds) (2010) Stereotyping and Prejudice. Springer Verlag. Diaz, M.C.(2016) Métodos y Técnicas de Investigacion en Psicologia Social. Madrid: Eudema. Hewstone, M. Stroeb, W., Stephson,M. (2015). Introducing Social Psychology. London: Blackwell Hogg, M., Vaugham, G., (2016) Social Psychology: An Introduction, Ny: Prentice Hall Leyens, J. PH. (2016) Psicología Social. Lx: Ed 70 Morales, J.F. (2008) Psicología Social, Madrid: McGRaw-Hill Moscovici, S. (1994) Psychologie Sociale. Paris: Puf. BFP 318.7 PSW Turner, J.C. (2000) Social Influence. Milton Keynes : Open University Press Vala, J. & Monteiro, M.B: (2018) Psicologia Social. Lx: Gulbenkian.
Lecturer (* Responsible):
Luís Santos (lsantos@ufp.edu.pt)