Course syllabus for Social psychology

Socialpsykologi

Specific entry requirements

General admission requirements.

Outcomes

On completion of the course, the student is expected to be able to:

• account for the cornerstones and general objectives of Social psychology
• apply socio-psychological knowledge in order to analyse and explain human interaction in different situations

Content

The knowledge that the course provides should be the basis of a basic ability to make socio-psychological analyses of social phenomena and behaviours, both at a group and individual level. Specific emphasis is placed on sections dealing with the interaction between the individual and the situation, how the individual can draw conclusions about other social individuals (social derivation), and how the individual's conclusions about, and behaviour vis-à-vis, other individuals can be affected by the social situation (social affect) and social-cognitive processes such as norms, conformity, obedience and attribution.

Teaching methods

Lectures and seminars, some with applied exercises.

Examination

Written exam.

In the event of a failed exam, the student has the right to five additional examination opportunities, the first of which within fourteen days after notification of the exam result. The third examination session is the next regular examination session on the course. The number of times the student has participated in one and the same exam is counted as an examination occasion. Submission of blank writing counts as an examination opportunity. An examination occasion for which the student registered but did not participate is not counted as an examination occasion.

If there are special grounds, or a need for adaptation for a student with a disability, the examiner may decide to deviate from the syllabus's regulations on the examination form, the number of examination opportunities, the possibility of supplementation or exemptions from the compulsory section/s of the course etc. Content and learning outcomes as well as the level of expected skills, knowledge and abilities may not be changed, removed or reduced.

Transitional provisions

Examination may take place under the previous reading list during a period of one year after the renewal of the reading list. Examination will be provided during a period of two years after a close-down of the course.

Other directives

The course is given by the Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, where all teaching in the course takes place.

The course will be evaluated according to guidelines established by the Committee for Higher Education.