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Social Psychology – I [1]

Paper Code: 
PSY 314
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  1. To enable students to appreciate how individual behavior 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 analyzed in terms of various social psychological theories.
9.00
Unit I: 

Nature and Scope of Social Psychology Social Psychology.

9.00
Unit II: 

Person Perception : Impression Formation; Impression Management; Attribution with Special References to Self Biases.

9.00
Unit III: 

Social Relationships : Nature, Types, Theories (reinforcement, social exchange and cognitive), Social Learning, Situational Learning.

9.00
Unit IV: 

Attitude : Nature, Formation and Change; Measurement, Attitudes as an effective social process.

9.00
Unit V: 

Group Behavior : Structural and functional Properties; Formation; Process, Types, Effectiveness, Group ideology.

Essential Readings: 
  • Hewstone M., Strocbe, W. and Stephenson, G.M. (1996), Introduction to Social Psychology. NY : Blackwell.
  • Baron, R.A. and Byrne, D (1994). Social Psychology : Under Standing Human Interaction. ND Prentice Hall.
  • Feldman, R.S. (1995). Social Psychology : N.J. Prentice Hall.
  • Fisher, R.J (1982). Social Psychology: An Applied Approach. NY: St. Martin’s.
  • Brigham, J.C (1991). Social Psychology. NY : Harper Collins.
References: 
  1. RW Brisling (Ed.) Applied Cross Cultural Psychology. Vol. 14 Thousand Oaks : Sage.
  2. Misra, G. (Ed.), (1990). Applied Social Psychology in India. ND : Sage.
  3. Hollander, E.P. (1967). Principles and Methods of Social Psychology. London : Oxford University Press.
  4. Raven, B.H. and Rubin, J. Z. (1983). Social Psychology. NT : John Wiley.
  5. Bickman, L., and Rog. D.J. (1997). Handbook of Applied Social Research. Thousand Oaks : Sage.
  6. Saks, M.J. and Krupat, E. (1988). Social Psychology and its applications. Harper and Row, New York.
  7. Mathur, S.S. (1980). Social Psychology. Vinod Pustak Mandir, Agra.
  8. Akolkar, V.V. (1960). Social Psychology. Asia Publication House, Mumbai.
  9. Oskamp, S. (Ed) Applied Social Psychology. Annual Vol. 1 to update : Sage Publications.
  10. Semin, R.G. and Fiedler, K. (Eds) (1996). Applied Social Psychology. London : Sage.
  11. Spears, R., Oakes, P.J. , Ellemers, R., and Haslam, A. (1997). The Social Psychology of Stereotyping and Group Life. Oxford : Balckwell.  Weiner, B. (1990). Human Motivation. Newbury Park : Sage.
  12. Taylor, M. and Moghaddam, F.M. (1987). Theories of Intergroup Relations. NY : Praeger.
  13.  Worchel, S. and Austin, W.G. (1986). Psychology of Intergroup Relations. Chicago : Nelson-Hall.
  14. Billig, M. (1976). Social Psychology and Intergroup Relations. NY : Academic Press.
  15. Vago, S. (1999). Social Change, New Jersey : Prentice Hall.
  16. Higgins, E.T. and Kruglansk, A.W. (1996). Social Psychology : Handbook of Basic Principles. Guilford Press, New York, London.
  17. Myers, D.G. (1996). Social Psychology, International Edition Fifth Edition.
  18. Ruscher, J.B. (2001). Prejudiced Communication : A Social Psychological Perspective. New York : The Guilford Press.
  19. Buckley, A. (1992). The Essence of Effective Communication. NJ : Prentice Hall.
Academic Year: 
2018-19 [2]

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