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Lecturer(s)
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Kafetsios Konstantinos, prof. Ph.D.
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Seitl Martin, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Successfully completing the subject the student will provide an overview of specific topics in social psychology. Theoretical topics are also applicable to everyday life. The student will thus be able to use the acquired knowledge in practice. The subject of selected social topics will be: 1. Experimental social psychology - methodological challenges; 2. Applied dimension of social psychology - comparative and replication dimension; 3. Criticisms and limitations of contemporary social psychology - examples of good practicel; 4. Social motivation and communication - efficiency; 5. Group performance vs. individual originality; 6. Social identity 7. Social psychology and cyberspace - positive and negative context; 8. Problems of change and function of attitudes; 9. Social cognition.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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The goal of this module is to provide advanced knowledge of selected social issues in the context of contemporary social developments. Using theoretical concepts and results from both domestic and international research, this knowledge will enable to integrate social psychology theory into practice with a student focus. Group collaboration, interdisciplinary discussions and personal participation in specific situations will allow a deeper mastery of the knowledge acquired.
By the end of this course students should be 1. competent consumers of the social psychological research; 2. able to critically evaluate empirical articles as well as media messages about research findings; 3. able to apply social psychological notions in organizations and the world of work and 4. should be able to conduct their own social psychological research in applied settings.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam, Essay
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Recommended literature
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Brannigan, A. (2017). The Rise and Fall of Social Psychology: An Iconoclast?s Guide to the Use and Misuse of the Experimental Method. London.
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Gough B. (Ed.). (2017). The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Social Psychology. UK.
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Myers, D. G. (2016). Sociální psychologie.. Prague.
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Vallacher, R., Read, S., J., & Nowak, A. (2017). Computational Social Psychology. NY.
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