Social Psychology - II

Paper Code: 
PSY 214
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives (COs):

This course will enable the students to –

 

  1. To enable students to appreciate how individual behaviour is influenced by social and cultural contexts.
  2. To enable students to develop an understanding of functioning of dyads, groups and organization.
  3. To understand the unique features of the Indian socio-cultural context.
  4. To understand how social problems can be analysed in terms of various social psychological theories.

Course Outcomes (COs):

 

Learning Outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

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PSY 214

 

 

 

 

 

Social Psychology - II

The students will be able to –

CO33: Understand verbal and non-verbal communication process and identify barriers to communication.

CO34: Describe the development of the self and the dynamics of interpersonal attraction, prosocialbehaviour.

CO35: Understand how prejudice, group processes and attitude formation affect human interactions in a social context.

CO36: Apply the knowledge of social issues to understanding the psychological consequences of terrorism, female feticide & infanticide in present world.

 

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

9.00
Unit I: 
Interpersonal Communication:
  • Communication Process
  • Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication
  • Factors Affecting Communication
9.00
Unit II: 
Interpersonal Attraction :
  • Nature
  • Theories
  • Affective Basis of Attraction
9.00
Unit III: 
Intergroup Relations:
  • Nature
  • Strategies
  • Intergroup Conflict
  • Stereotypes and Prejudices – Formation Maintenance and Change
9.00
Unit IV: 
Prosocial Behavior:
  • Altruism - Diffusion of Responsibility
  • Pluristic Ignorance
  • Confusion of Responsibility
  • Empathy
  • Attribution
  • Emotion and Mood
  • Norms and Helping
9.00
Unit V: 
Terrorism, Poverty, Female Infanticide and Foeticide
  • Terrorism
  • Poverty
  • Female Infanticide
  • Female Foeticide
Essential Readings: 
  • Baron, R. A., Branscombe, N. R. (2012). Social Psychology. (13th Ed.) Boston, MA: Pearson.
  • Baron, Robert A. Branscombe, Nyla R. Donn, Byrne, Bhardwaj, Gopa (2010). Social Psychology. (12th Ed.) Delhi: Pearson.
  • Baumeister, R. F., Bushman, B. J. (2014). Social Psychology and Human Nature (3rd Ed). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. 
  • Feldman, R.S. (1995). Social Psychology : N.J. Prentice Hall.
  • Myers, David G., Sahajpal, P., Behera, P. (2010). Social Psychology (10th Ed). New Delhi: McGraw Hill.
  • Sinha D. (1990). Interventions for Development Out of Poverty. New Delhi: Sage.

 

References: 
  • Aronson, E. Ellsworth, P. , Calsmith, J.M. & Gonzales, M.H. (1990). Methods of Research in Social Psychology. New York: McGraw Hill.
  • Farr, R.M. (1996). The Roots of Modern Social Psychology. Oxford: Blackwell. 
  • Delamater, J. (2003). Handbook of Social Psychology. New York: Kluswer Academic.
  • 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. Delhi: Sage.
  • Vago, S. (1990). Social Change. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Academic Year: 
2021-22
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