Aims

- to introduce the students to the main fields of social psychology

Main themes

Part 1 : social perception (formation of impression and attribution theories)
Part 2 : introduction to the major processes of social influence considered (social facilitation, imitation, norm formation, conformism, change of attitude and minority influence).
Part 3 : inter-personal processes such as aggression, attraction and altruism.

Content and teaching methods

Lectures on the following themes:
- social perception (formation of impression and attribution theories)
- introduction to the major processes of social influence (social facilitation, imitation, norm formation, conformism, change of attitude and innovation).
- inter-personal processes such as aggression, attraction and altruism.

Individual work of research, namely via the web, about one of the topics discussed in the course. Questions will be supplied at the beginning of the course and web sites and readings will also be supplied so as to serve as starting points for these questions.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Multiple choice exam on the content of the lectures and on the book by Jacques-Philippe Leyens and Vincent Yzerbyt "Psychologie sociale" (1997, Mardaga).
Internet access to the documents shown during the lectures

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