Aims

- to familiarize the students with the basic processes of social perception and of management of between groups relations

Main themes

- basic concepts : implicit theories of personality, fundamental error, stereotypes, discrimination, prejudices
- perception bias, namely the research of confirmation
- pragmatical approach of perception: what are the features of a good social judgment?
- theories of the between-group relations
- how to reduce prejudices and discrimination?

Content and teaching methods

- to familiarize the students with the basic processes of social perception and of management of between groups relations

Study of the reactions of people stigmatised facing discrimination
- paradoxical reactions
- schoolong and bad reputations
- strategies to maintain a good self-image

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

choice between a written work and an oral examination
Interactive seminar.
Support: "La mauvaise réputation: perspective psychosociale de la stigmatisation" par J-Cl. Croizet et J.-Ph. Leyens (sous presse). Paris: Colin.

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