Social Psychology Course - Ic051

Social Psychology Course: Understand Human Behavior and Transform Your World

What you'll learn

You will discover how the people around you-either directly or indirectly-affect your daily decisions, attitudes, and behaviors, even when you're not

You will study famous experiments to understand how blind obedience occurs and how to avoid it.

You will learn the psychological and social mechanisms that give rise to these phenomena, and how to combat them in your personal and professional environment.

You will analyze how our attitudes are changed by persuasion techniques, advertising campaigns and political speeches, and how to use them ethically.

You will learn the most important theories about the structure of attitudes and why we sometimes act contrary to what we say we believe.

You will see how norms, roles, hierarchies and group dynamics emerge and how they influence your behavior and collective decision-making.

You will analyze the keys to love, friendship, empathy and emotional bonds from a scientific perspective.

You will learn conflict resolution techniques and understand why we sometimes cooperate and sometimes compete, even without realizing it.

You will discover how the principles of social psychology are used to design advertising campaigns, influence voting or improve learning in the classroom.

You will develop an analytical and conscious eye to better understand others, question social pressure and make more informed and free decisions.

Requirements

No previous knowledge is required

Description

Social Psychology Course: Understand Human Behavior and Transform Your WorldHave you ever wondered why people act a certain way in groups, how collective opinions are formed or what mechanisms are behind social influence? Are you interested in understanding the impact of culture, social roles and norms on our everyday decisions? If so, this Social Psychology course is designed especially for you.What is Social Psychology and why should you study it?Social Psychology is one of the most fascinating branches of psychology. It focuses on how people's thoughts, emotions and behaviors are influenced by the presence - real, imagined or implied - of other people. Studying this discipline allows you to delve into the deepest processes of human interaction and understand everyday phenomena such as persuasion, leadership, obedience, discrimination, prejudice, love, cooperation and conflict.We live in constant relationship with others: in the family, at work, at school, in the street, in social networks. Understanding how we function as social beings not only broadens your knowledge, but radically transforms the way you interpret reality. Who is this course for?Students of psychology, sociology, social work or pedagogy who wish to deepen their understanding of the fundamentals of social behavior.Mental health and education professionals who want to incorporate practical tools to better understand their patients, students or work teams.Entrepreneurs, communicators and leaders who wish to improve their influence, negotiation and leadership skills.Anyone interested in human behavior, social relationships and psychology applied to daily life.

Overview

Section 1: Social Psychology Course - IC051

Lecture 1 1.1. Initial Conceptualization of Social Psychology

Lecture 2 1.2. Gordon Allport's Classic Definition

Lecture 3 1.3. Observational Method in Social Psychology

Lecture 4 1.4. The Correlational Method in Social Research

Lecture 5 1.5. The Experimental Method: Establishing Causal Relationships

Lecture 6 1.6. Ethical Principles in Psychosocial Research

Lecture 7 1.7. Historical Evolution and [Crisis] of Social Psychology

Lecture 8 2.1. Attention and Perception in the Social Environment 1.7. Historical Evolutio

Lecture 9 2.2. The Role of Mental Schemas

Lecture 10 2.3. Schema Activation: The Priming Phenomenon

Lecture 11 2.4. The Representativeness Heuristic

Lecture 12 2.5. The Availability Heuristic

Lecture 13 2.6. The Anchoring and Adjustment Heuristic

Lecture 14 2.7. Self-Fulfilling Prophecies in Social Interaction

Lecture 15 2.8. Thought Suppression and the Rebound Effect

Lecture 16 2.9. Counterfactual Thinking: [What if…?]

Lecture 17 2.10. Cultural Influences on Social Cognition: Analytical vs. Holistic Thinking

Lecture 18 3.1. Universal Facial Expressions and Nonverbal Communication

Lecture 19 3.2. Other Non-Verbal Communication Channels

Lecture 20 3.3. Detecting Deception in Communication

Lecture 21 3.4. The Primacy Effect in Impression Formation

Lecture 22 3.5. Central and Peripheral Features in Perception (Asch)

Lecture 23 3.6. Implicit Theories of Personality

Lecture 24 3.7. Attribution Theories: Explaining Behavior

Lecture 25 3.8. The Fundamental Attribution Error and the Actor-Observer Bias

Lecture 26 3.9. Self-Attributions and the Self-Serving Bias

Lecture 27 3.10. Cultural Influence on Attribution Processes

Lecture 28 4.1. Sources of Self-Knowledge

Lecture 29 4.2. Fundamental Motivations of the Self

Lecture 30 4.3. Self-Esteem: Personal Assessment and Functions

Lecture 31 4.4. The [Dark Side] of High Self-Esteem

Lecture 32 4.5. Self-Discrepancy Theory (Higgins)

Lecture 33 4.6. Self-efficacy: Belief in One's Own Ability

Lecture 34 4.7. Self-Presentation and Impression Management

Lecture 35 4.8. Self-Monitoring in Social Interaction

Lecture 36 5.1. Definition and Essence of Attitudes

Lecture 37 5.2. Three-component Structure of Attitudes

Lecture 38 5.3. Attitude Formation Processes

Lecture 39 5.4. Measuring Attitudes: Explicit and Implicit Approaches

Lecture 40 5.5. The Attitude-Behavior Link: Influencing Factors

Lecture 41 5.6. Behavior Prediction Models: Reasoned and Planned Action

Lecture 42 6.1. The Yale Approach to Persuasion

Lecture 43 6.2. Elaboration Probability Model (Central vs. Peripheral Route)

Lecture 44 6.3. The Persuasive Source: Credibility and Appeal

Lecture 45 6.4. The Persuasive Message: Content, Structure and Emotional Appeals

Lecture 46 6.5. The Persuasive Audience: Characteristics and Implication

Lecture 47 6.6. The Communication Channel in Persuasion

Lecture 48 6.7. Strategies of Resistance to Persuasion

Lecture 49 6.8. The Theory of Cognitive Dissonance (Festinger)

Lecture 50 7.1. Conceptualization of Conformity

Lecture 51 7.2. The Sherif Experiment: Group Norms and the Autokinetic Effect

Lecture 52 7.3. The Asch Experiment: Group Pressure and Visual Judgment

Lecture 53 7.4. Types of Social Influence: Informative and Normative

Lecture 54 7.5. Factors that Modulate Conformity

Lecture 55 8.1. The Milgram Obedience Experiment

Lecture 56 8.2. Factors that Modulate Obedience to Authority

Lecture 57 8.3. Ethical Implications and Lessons from the Milgram Studies

Lecture 58 8.4. Acceptance Technique: The [Foot in the Door]

Lecture 59 8.5. Acceptance Technique: The [Door in the Face]

Lecture 60 8.6. Acceptance Technique: The [Low Ball] (Low-Balling)

Lecture 61 8.7. Minority Influence: The Power of Consistency

Lecture 62 9.1. Definition of Group and Essential Characteristics

Lecture 63 9.2. Typologies of Social Groups

Lecture 64 9.3. Group Roles and Behavioral Expectations

Lecture 65 9.4. Group Norms and Pressure to Conform

Lecture 66 9.5. Status and Hierarchy within Groups

Lecture 67 9.6. Group Cohesion and its Multiple Effects

Lecture 68 10.1. Social Facilitation in Performance

Lecture 69 10.2. Social Loafing in Group Tasks

Lecture 70 10.3. Deindividuation and its Triggering Factors

Lecture 71 11.1. Group Polarization in Decision-Making

Lecture 72 11.2. Groupthink (Janis) and its Prevention

Lecture 73 11.3. Leadership Trait Theories

Lecture 74 11.4. Behavioral Approaches: Leadership Styles

Lecture 75 11.5. Situational and Contingency Leadership

Lecture 76 11.6. Transformational and Transactional Leadership

Lecture 77 12.1. The Robbers' Den Experiment (Sherif)

Lecture 78 12.2. Realistic Conflict Theory

Lecture 79 12.3. Social Identity Theory (Tajfel and Turner)

Lecture 80 12.4. The Contact Hypothesis in Conflict Reduction

Lecture 81 12.5. Superordinate Goals for Intergroup Cooperation

Lecture 82 13.1. Definition of Subjectivity and Identity in Social Interaction

Lecture 83 13.2. Conceptual Distinction: Subject, Individual and Person

Lecture 84 13.3. Conceptualization of Subjectivation Processes

Lecture 85 13.4. The Interrelationship between Subjectivity and Objectivity

Lecture 86 13.5. Social, Political and Cultural Contexts in the Formation of Subjectivity

Lecture 87 13.6. The Role of Social Categories (Class, Gender, Race) in Subjectivity

Lecture 88 13.7. The Role of Institutions in the Production of Subjectivity

Psychology students,Mental health professionals,Teachers, counselors and educators,Sociologists and anthropologists in training,Communicators, advertisers and marketing specialists,Leaders, coaches and human resources professionals,Political science or law students,People interested in social change and activism.,Entrepreneurs and businessmen,Anyone curious about human behavior