20710270 - SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

To provide knowledge on main theoretical approaches on social psychology, on cognitive, affective and communicative processes of social interaction, on social cognition and social identity, on the construction and change of opinions and attitudes, on social influence and persuasion either on face to face and distance interaction, and in interpersonal and public communication, with particular attention to political field. To describe recent study on aggressive, prosocial and inter-group behaviors and relations. To forster competences in the application of acquired knowledge in communication work and research
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Programme

Introduction to the main theoretical approaches and constructs of social psychology. Social Cognition, Socio-Constructivism. Social Cognition, Social Identity and Social Emotions. Attitudes, social influence leadership charisma and persuasion. Groups, Majorities and Minorities, conformism and divergence. Prosocial and Aggressive behaviors. Intergroup relations. Verbal and multimodal communication in personal, organizational, educational and media contexts.


Core Documentation

ATTENDEE STUDENTS
1. Hewstone, Stroebe, Jonas, Voci. (2015) Introduzione alla psicologia sociale. Il mulino, Bologna
2. Leone G. (2002) Fare ricerca in psicologia sociale. (from chapter 1 to 3)
3. Participation to an empirical study + 3 articles available from researchgate website:

• D'Errico F., Poggi I. (2013) Onestà, competenza o dominanza? Valori e discredito nei dibattiti politici, in "Sistemi intelligenti" 3/2012, pp. 455-480, doi: 10.1422/38987
• Poggi I. and D’Errico F. (2010) Dominance in political debates. In A.A. Salah et al. (Eds.): Human Behavior Understanding, LNCS 6219, pp. 163--174. Springer, Heidelberg.
• D’Errico F., Poggi I. (2017) “Humble” Politicians and Their Multimodal Communication. In: Gervasi O. et al. (eds) Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2017. ICCSA 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10406. Springer, pp. 705-717


NON-ATTENDEE STUDENTS
1. Hewstone, Stroebe, Jonas, Voci. (2015) Introduzione alla psicologia sociale. Il mulino, Bologna
2. Leone G. (2002) Fare ricerca in psicologia sociale. (from chapter 1 to 3)
3. 1 book from the following list:

- Castelli. Psicologia sociale cognitiva. Laterza
- Bargh (2018). A tua insaputa. Bollati Boringhieri.

- Mucchi Faina A., Pacilli M.G., Pagliaro S. (2012). L’influenza sociale. Il Mulino, Bologna.
- Haslam Reicher & Platow. 2011. Psicologia del leader. Il mulino
- Campus D. (2017). Lo stile del leader. Il mulino
- Bazerman, (2009). Quanto sei amorale, leadership etica. Sole 24 ORE editore (reperibile mediante acquisto online)
- Domaneschi. (2016). Come non detto. Laterza

- Bentivegna (2002) Politica e nuove tecnologie della comunicazione
- Granieri. (2009). Come la tecnologia ci sta cambiando. Laterza
- Riva. (2012). Psicologia dei nuovi media. Il mulino
- Riva G. (2018). Fake news. Il mulino

- Bocchiaro (2009). Psicologia del male. Laterza
- Voci, A. - Pagotto, L., (2014) Il pregiudizio. Che cosa è, come si riduce.
- Volpato (2017) Deumanizzazione. Come si legittima la violenza. Laterza

- Puggelli. F.R. (2002). L'occulto del linguaggio. Psicologia della pubblicità. Franco angeli
- Chirumbolo A., Di Lorenzi C. (2012). La persuasione pubblicitaria. Carocci
- Gadotti Bernocchi (2015). La pubblicità sociale. Carocci


Type of evaluation

oral exam