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2011/2 Provisional Module Catalogue - UNDER CONSTRUCTION & SUBJECT TO CHANGE
 Module Code: PSY1019 Module Title: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY WITH RESEARCH METHODS
Module Provider: Psychology Short Name: PSY1019
Level: HE1 Module Co-ordinator: GLEIBS IH Dr (Psychology)
Number of credits: 15 Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
 
Module Availability
Semester 1
Assessment Pattern
Essay of 1200 words - 25%
90 minute MCQ exam - 75%

A weighted aggregate mark of 40% is required to pass the module
Module Overview
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
N/A
Module Aims
This course build the foundational knowledge of Social Psychology and engages the relationship between social psychological theory and research.  Participation in the lectures will expose students to a range of social psychology topics, and highlight the connections between real world problems, social psychology theory and empirical data.  You will develop an understanding of the four core messages of social psychology; that behaviour is a product of the person and the situation; that the role of situational factors are systematically underestimated; that this underestimation is itself an effect of culture, and that social psychological research represents an advance on 'common sense' knowledge of the social world.  This course will foster a critical evaluation of (social) psychological science.
There are two components to the curriculum.  A series of eleven weekly lectures will be delivered by the research-active course convenor.  Students also participate in two tutorial sessions in smaller groups.  The aim of the two tutorials will be to develop a critical understanding of research methods typically used in social psychology.  The first tutorial will focus on survey/questionnaire design and validity.  The second tutorial will focus on experimental methods in social psychological research.  Both tutorials will develop your critical awareness of these methods through classroom demonstrations, group work and discussion.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, you will have broad understanding of the thinking and writing of foundations in social psychology.  You will develop the capacity to explain how research questions from and change in social psychology and will be able to describe how fundamental social psychological thinking helps to understand social behaviour.  It will provide students with the understanding of social psychology as an evidence-based discipline through the presentation of empirical studies and theoretical models.  This course will be the first step for equipping you to specialize in social psychology and will show theoretical developments and research questions evolve in social psychology.
Module Content
1.  Introducing Social Psychology
2.  Social Cognition
3.  Soaicl Perception
4.  Social Influence Processes
5.  Self and Identity
6.  Interpersonal Relations
7.  People in groups
8.  Intergroup processes
9.  Aggression
10.Altruism/Prosocial Behaviour
11.Revision Session
Methods of Teaching/Learning
1.  Lecures and independent learning
2.  Tutorials
Selected Texts/Journals
-. Hogg, M.A., & Vaughan, G.J. (2008). Social Psychology. 5th edition. Boston: Pearson.
.  Crisp, R.J., & Turner, R.N. (2007). Essential Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Last Updated
5th May 2011