PSYE206 Социална психология: Поведенчески аспекти
Анотация:
The aim of this course is to broaden the field of social psychology presenting different kinds of social behavior – aggression, prosocial behavior, interpersonal attraction and love. Special attention is paid to social attitudes, their origins, measurement, change and their relation to overt behavior of the individual. Lectures are followed by seminars giving the students opportunity to analyze and discuss different empirical data.

Преподавател(и):
доц. Елена Паспаланова д-р
доц. Пенка Христова д-р
гл. ас. Методи Коралов д-р
доц. Николай Димитров д-р
Описание на курса:
Компетенции:
On completion of the course the students will have:
1) knowledge:
- the basic achievements – theories and constructs - explaining interpersonal relationships;
- the origins and functions of different forms of social behavior – aggression, prosocial behavior, close relationships;
- the fundamental principles of attitude formation and change.
2) skills:
- to make sense of the hypothesis and research findings in the field of interpersonal relations;
- to present verbally results of social-psychological experiments and their interpretation.
Предварителни изисквания:
Sufficient listening, reading and writing skills in English (level C1) as well as introductory courses in Psychology from the 1st year of the education.
Форми на провеждане:
Редовен
Учебни форми:
Лекция
Език, на който се води курса:
Английски
Теми, които се разглеждат в курса:
Литература по темите:
Aronson, Elliot (2007). The Social Animal, (10th edition). Worth Publishers
Brehm, Sharon S., Saul M. Kassin (1996). Social psychology, (3th edition)
Rogers, Wendy Stainton (2003). Social psychology. Experimental and critical approaches. Open University Press
Hewstone, Miles, Antony S.R. Manstead, Wolfgang Stroebe (Eds.) (1997). The Blackwell reader in social psychology. Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Flether, Karl J.O., Margaret S. Clark (Eds.) (2001). Blackwell handbook of social psychology: Interpersonal processes. Blackwell Publishers
Tesser, Abraham, Norbert Schwarz (Eds.) (2001). Blackwell handbook of social psychology: Intraindividual processes. Blackwell Publishers
Brehm, Sharon S. (1992). Intimate relationships. McGraw-Hill, Inc.
Средства за оценяване:
- a presentation (30%)
- a test (70%)