Psychology of Social Behaviour

Paper Code: 
PSY 321
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

To acquaint students with the theoretical concepts in the field of social psychology.

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Historical Background :

Growth of Social Psychology as a Modern Discipline; Tradition of Social Psychology : Psychological, Sociological, societal and applied; culture and social psychology : relationship with other social sciences. 

12.00
Unit II: 
Theoretical Perspectives :

Cognitive Dissonance, Social comparison, reactance, Social identity; Field; Psycho-dynamic; Social constructionism; Social representation; Sociobiology.    

12.00
Unit III: 
Self in Social World :

 Social cognition; Schemes and prototypes, heuristics; Potential errors in cognitions; Self concept; Perceived self control, Self efficacy; locus of control; Learned helplessness; Resilience; self-serving bias, Self-identity, Gender identity and stereotypes based on gender sex-typing.   

12.00
Unit IV: 
Understanding the Social World :

 Social Motivation; prosocial behavior; Attitudes : specificity, strength, accessibility and other factors, Formation, Change :  Factors, Theories.

12.00
Unit V: 
Leadership Behavior :

 Classical and behavioral approaches to leadership; Contingency theories of leadership; Transformational leadership; Leadership effectiveness in Indian context. 

Essential Readings: 
  • Brown, R. (2000), Group Processes : Dynamics within and between groups. 2nd edition, Blackwell Publishers.
  • Hastie, R. and Stasser, G. (2000). In Reis H.T. and Gudd C.H. (Eds). Handbook of Research Methods in Social and Personality Psychology. Cambridge University.
  •  Higgins, E.T. and Kruglansk A.W. (1996) Social Psychology Handbook of Basic Principles. Guilford Press, New York. London.
  • Mamson and Harvey (2002). Attribution in Close Relationships. Cambridge University Press.
  • Myers, D. G (1996) Social Psychology, International Edition Fifth Edition.
  • Aronson, E. Ellsworth, P. , Calsmith, J.M. & Gonzales, M.H. (1990). Methods of Research in Social Psychology. NY : McGraw Hill.
  • Farr, R.M. (1996). The Roots of Modern Social Psychology. Oxford : Blackwell.  

 

References: 

Ø    Ruscher, J.B. (2001) Prejudiced Communication : A Social Psychological Perspective. New York : The Guilford Press.

Ø    Semin, G.R. and Fiedler, K. (1996). Applied Social Psychology Sage Publications, Delhi.

Vago, S. (1990) Social Change, New Jersey : Prentice Hall.

Academic Year: 
2015-16
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