Major · Psychology · Semester 4 · SY BA · 4 credits · 100 marks · 60 hours
Module 1: Social Psychology and Its Cognitive Foundation
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Social Psychology: What it is and is not?
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Social Cognition
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Heuristics: How we employ simple rules in social Cognition
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Schemas: Mental framework for organizing social information Potential Sources of Errors in Social Cognition: Why total rationality is rarer than you think
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Social Perception
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Attribution: Understanding the causes of behaviour
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Impression Formation and Management: Combining information about others
Module 2: Attitude, Stereotypes, Prejudice and Discrimination
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Attitude -
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How attitude develops?
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When and why do attitude influence behaviour?
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Science of Persuasion: How attitudes are changed?
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Cognitive Dissonance: What is it? How do we manage it?
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Stereotypes: The Nature and the origins of stereotyping
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Prejudice & Discrimination:
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Feelings towards social groups and techniques for countering the effects of prejudice.
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Discrimination- Prejudice in action.
Module 3: Social Dynamics in Interpersonal Relationships
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Prosocial Behavior- Why people help? Motives for prosocial behaviour Responding to an Emergency – will bystander help?
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Aggression- Perspectives on Aggression: In search of roots of violence Causes of Human Aggression: Social, cultural, personal and situational
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Prevention and Control of Aggression: Some Useful Techniques
Module 4: Group Processes and Social Influence
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Groups and Individuals- Groups: When we join and when we leave Effects of Presence of Others from Task Performance to Behaviour in Crowds
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Decision Making by Groups: How it occurs and the pitfalls it faces -
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Social Influence - Conformity: How groups and norms influence our behaviour Compliance: To ask – sometimes – is to receive Obedience to Authority – Would you harm someone if ordered to do so?
Text Books
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Branscombe, N. R. & Baron, R. A., Adapted by Preeti Kapur (2017). Social Psychology, (14th Ed.). New Delhi: Pearson Education; Indian reprint.
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Myers, D. G. (2013). Social psychology (11th ed.). NY: McGraw Hill Education.
