Social Psychology 1

The course provides a basic orientation in social psychological concepts, theory, method and research.

In this course, we study how people's thoughts, behaviors and feelings are affected by and affect others. The course deals with classic social psychological areas such as the way people think about themselves and others, social identity, attribution, prejudice and discrimination, social influence, conformity and group processes.

Furthermore, attention is paid to the various scientific methods that social psychologists use to study, understand and explain human behavior.

During the course, opportunities are given to apply social psychological theory and research partly through empirical group work, and partly through analyzes and examination of phenomena and events in the surrounding and everyday world.

This is the third course within the Psychology I - Course Package (PS11KP).

As a registered student on this course you will find detailed course information and communication in the learning platform Athena. Login with your university account.

This course will be given in the third quarter of the semester, full-time studies.


Teaching Format

Compulsory elements may occur in the course. These are stated in the schedule and explained in more detail in the course instructions.

Detailed information can be found in the current syllabus and the course instructions for the course. A link to the syllabus can be found here on the page and the course instructions are posted on the course website in the university's learning platform no later than the start of the course.

Learning outcomes

The learning outcomes for this course are listed in the current syllabus.

Assessment

Information about the forms of assessments for this course are listed in the syllabus and explained in detail in the course instructions.

You will find the dates for the examinations in the schedule.

The schedule will be available no later than one month before the start of the course. We do not recommend print-outs as changes can occur. At the start of the course, your department will advise where you can find your schedule during the course.


Note that the course literature can be changed up to two months before the start of the course.

In case the course literature list is missing, please check with the course leader before buying any expensive books etc.

Course reports are displayed for the three most recent course instances.








Course leader
Tina Sundelin, tina.sundelin@psychology.su.se

Examiner, and course leader for Psychology I – Course package
Laura Ferrer-Wreder, Head of studies

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