M.A. (Psychology) Practicum in Social Psychology Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Semesters III and IV are from the Board's own Semester III and IV syllabus approved on 12 July 2024 (item 5.7 (N)), in force from 2024-25. The 2023 document's credit table shows an earlier plan for Semesters III and IV; the 2024 syllabus is the one the University examines, and its Winter 2026 timetables name these papers.

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Syllabus for Practicum in Social Psychology

M.A. (Psychology) · Semester 3 · Elective · Social-Community Psychology · 4 credits

Course outcomes

1 Students will acquire the knowledge of various socially relevant issues
2 Students will be able to demonstrate skills necessary for conducting social experiment
3 Students will acquire skills necessary for conducting structured exercise and FGD
4 Students will be able to apply such knowledge in solving real life issues

Unit 1: Field Visits and Placements

Students will be placed in institutions/organizations in consultation with the course teacher. Students will have to study from social psychological perspective the individual cases (case study). Students will have to submit two detailed case study reports.

Unit 2: Structured Exercise

Structured exercise (any two). In consultation with the course-teacher, students are required to plan, design and conduct structured exercises in any of the following areas: self‐ awareness, team‐ building, interpersonal skills, leadership skills, decision making, problem solving, creativity, communication, conflict management, and stress management.

Unit 3: Social/Field Experiment

The students will be divided in three/four groups depending on the number of students enrolled in the course and other factors. Students beloning to each group are supposed to identify a social problem in the society and will have to make presentations of proposals of field experiment surrounding the problem at hand. Once all the presentations are done, one field experiment would be selected for each group as the group’s activity, and all students from the respective groups then will work on that group assignment. All three/four groups will have to submit a brief report of their assignment containing their analysis from social psychological perspective. In their final report they are also required to include their initial individual experiments presented in the class.

Unit 4: Focused Group Discussion

Student conduct a focused group discussion (individually or in groups as decided by the course teacher) either based on need diagnostic or problem-focused group study in any area of social relevance, and submit a report. Students will follow these steps-- selecting the theme, selecting the participants, deciding on time and location, preparing for and conducting focus group discussion, and submitting a report

Books for study

Pfeiffer, J.W. & Jones, J.E. (1973). A Handbook of structured Experiences for Human Relations Training. San Diego, CA: University Associates Inc.
McNiff, J. (2002). Action Research: Principles and Practice.Houndsmills: Macmillan Education. Pines, A.M. & Maslach, C. (2002). Experiencing Social Psychology: Readings and Projects (4th ed.). New Delhi: Mc Graw Hill.
Breakwell, G.M. (2004). Doing Social Psychology Research. Malden, MA: British Psychological Society and Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Krueger, R.A., & Casey, M.A. (2009). Focus Groups: A practical guide for Applied Research (4th ed.). Los Angeles: Sage Publications.
Litosselitti, L. (2003). Using Focus Groups in Research. New York, NY: Continuum.
Barbour, R. (2007). Doing Focus Groups. Los Angeles: Sage Publications.

Books for reference

Bunk, A. P., & Van Vugt, M. (2007). Applying social psychology: From problems to solutions. London: Sage Publications.
Fiske, S.T., Gilbert, D.T., &Lindzey, G. (2010). Handbook of Social Psychology (5 th Ed.). New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
Kruglanski, A. W., Higgins, E.T. (2007). Social Psychology: Handbook of basic Principles (Second Ed.). New York: The Guilford Press.
Lesko, W. A. (2009). Readings in Social Psychology: General, Classic and Contemporary Selections (Eighth Ed.). New Delhi: Pearson.
DeLamater, J.D., & Myers, D.J. (2011). Social Psychology (Seventh Ed.). USA: Wadsworth.
Fletcher, G.J.O., & Clark,M.S. (2003). Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Interpersonal Processes. USA: Blackwell Publishers Ldt.
Baumeister. R. F. &Finkel, E. J. (Eds.) (2010).Advanced Social Psychology: State of the Science. New York: Oxford University Press.

Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for M.A. (Psychology), Semester III and IV, AC 12/07/2024, Item No. 5.7 (N), in force from the academic year 2024-25. Wording and numbering are as printed there; the marks scheme is in the PDF above.

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