Psychology of Social Behaviour

Paper Code: 
PSY 321
Credits: 
04
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: 
  • Aronson, E. Ellsworth, P. , Calsmith, J.M. & Gonzales, M.H. (1990). Methods of Research in Social Psychology. NY : McGraw Hill.
  • Brown, R. (2000), Group Processes : Dynamics within and between groups. 2nd edition, Blackwell Publishers.
  • Farr, R.M. (1996). The Roots of Modern Social Psychology. Oxford : Blackwell. 
  • 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.
References: 
  • Ruscher, J.B. (2001) Prejudiced Communication : A Social Psychological Perspective. New York : The Guilford Press.
  • Semin, G.R. and Fiedler, K. (1996). Applied Social Psychology Sage Publications, Delhi.
  • Vago, S. (1990) Social Change, New Jersey : Prentice Hall.

 

Academic Year: 
2016-17
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