S0762 - SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (I-Z)

courses

ID:

S0762

Duration (hours):

64

CFU:

SSD:

PSICOLOGIA SOCIALE

Located in:

CHIETI

Url:

Course Details:

PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES/CORSO GENERICO Year: 2

Year:

2025

Course Catalogue:

https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Date/time interval

Primo Semestre (29/09/2025 - 30/12/2025)

Course Objectives

At the end of the course the student must be able:

- Recognizing the epistemological issues underlying theory and research in social psychology; being able to relate them to societal phenomena and problems in every historical period, including the present one;

- Identifying the main psychosocial processes regulating the interdependence between the individual and his living environment; being able to identify critical issues and formulate effective solutions;

- Analyzing the interactions between individual and context distinguishing interpersonal, intergroup and social/communitarians dimensions and their interdependencies; identify the problems and define the specific nature of the professional intervention;

- Reflecting critically on the evolution of the discipline, on issues, including ethical ones, and on emerging problems;

- Interpreting the empirical data emerged from psychosocial research

- Communicating fundamental issues of social psychology, using an appropriate language differentiated by level of specificity.

-Demonstrating high levels of learning and independent study

Course Prerequisites

None

Teaching Methods

The course includes lectures enriched by group activities dedicated to the critical discussion of essays extracts, research articles and films

Assessment Methods

The exam is out of thirty.

The exam consists of a written test with 27 multiple choice questions and 1 open-ended question. Each correct closed answer will be awarded one point (max 27 out of 30) and the open answer will be awarded 0 to 3 points (max 3 out of 30).

The oral test, subject to passing the written test, is at the discretion of the teacher or at the student's request and must be taken at the same time as the written test.

Classroom exercises are planned for attending students.

Texts

Andrighetto, L., Riva, P. (2020). Psicologia Sociale. Bologna, Il Mulino (€36,00).
Mucchi-Faina A., Pacilli, M.G., Pagliaro, S. L’influenza sociale. Seconda Edizione. Bologna: Il Mulino. (pp. 201; € 18,00)
Pagliaro, S. (2012). La moralità e la percezione sociale: ricerche e applicazioni. Sant’Arcangelo di Romagna: Maggioli editore

For students who attend the lessons:
Pacilli, M.G., (2021). Uomini duri. Bologna: Il Mulino

The course is divided into three modules.

1. It will deal with the historical evolution of the discipline in reference to the main theoretical orientations, research methods and their implications. Some areas of particular relevance will be illustrated, such as the processes of social cognition (schemas, heuristics, automatic and controlled processes, social attitudes and representations), interpersonal perception (impression formation, implicit personality theories, causal attribution) and comprehension of the Self.

2. The processes of social influence. Changing attitudes and processes of persuasion; the conformity and the obedience, the influence produced by the majority and the minority will be presented.

3. The intra and inter-group psychosocial processes. We will deepen the cognitive mechanisms and the thought processes that underlie cooperation and intergroup conflict (categorization, belonging, identification, stereotypes and prejudices) and the role of morality as a regulatory tool in these processes.

Course Language

Italian

More information

On the course's e-learning page you will find information on the syllabus, lecture topics, in-depth studies, laboratory activities, examinations and how the final papers are to be assigned and carried out.