Social Psychology I: Social Cognition

6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1018718AEW for working students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Possible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

NOTE: registration for this course is only possible for working students. Day students can register for courses whose code ends with an R. At Inschrijven / studentenadministratie@vub.be you must be registered at the VUB as a working student for the current academic year.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences

Department

Experimental and Applied Psychology

Educational team

Frank Van Overwalle (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

39 contact hours Lecture
135 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Social Psychology
Chapter 2 - Methodology
Chapter 3 - Social Cognition
Chapter 4 - Social Perception
Chapter 5 - The self
Chapter 6 - Self-justification: Only first part on: Justify your actions
Chapter 7 - Attitudes
(The other chapters are not part of the course content)
Powerpoint/Text - Attribution: Fundaments
Powerpoint/Text - Attribution: Applications
Text - Additional texts on recent issues

Experiments

Psychological theories and principles covered in theory classes are the result of scrupulous psychological research. To fully understand what such research entails, students are required to participate in a number of psychological experiments. These experiments take place in the first semester only.

For all information: see info session at the beginning of the semester.

Course material

Handbook (Required) : Sociale Psychologie, Met MyLab NL toegangscode, Aronson, E., Wilson, T. D. & Akert, R. M., 9de, New York, NY: Addison-Wesley, 9789043039178, 2022
Digital course material (Required) : Bijkomende teksten over actuele onderzoeksonderwerpen in de sociale psychologie. Te downloaden van het electronisch leerplatform, Canvas
Digital course material (Required) : Slides + Teksten: Te downloaden van het electronisch leerplatform, Canvas

Additional info

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The objective of the course is to provide an introduction to the study of Social Psychology as an academic discipline. Although many of the topics in Social Psychology can be illustrated and applied within the real world, the course will focus on a theoretical / scientific background to better understand the processes by which people interpret and behave in their social environment.

We will begin with how people perceive the social world. We will treat social perception and cognition, or the way we develop a further understanding of people and social events, and attitudes, or how we evaluative social things (humans or their products). During the course, the main points -- concepts, theories, research and applications -- of the textbook are explained.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 95% of the final mark.
LEC Lab Work determines 5% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Written exam with a relative weight of 95 which comprises 95% of the final mark.

Note: Written exam multiple choice

Within the LEC Lab Work category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Participation experiments with a relative weight of 5 which comprises 5% of the final mark.

Note: Assessment based on active participation to the required number of experiments. This score is automatically transferred to the 2nd examination period.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Mode of Assessment:

MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM: 95%

EXPERIMENTS: 5%

Assessment based on active participation to the required number of experiments. This score is automatically transferred to the 2nd examination period. Experiments will be organized during the 1st semester only. They cannot be retaken in the 2nd examination period. Exemptions for experiments: the score from the previous academic year is transferred upon the student’s request.

In case no experiments are organized, Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context