6 ECTS credits
180 h study time
Offer 2 with catalog number 1006164BNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.
1 : Evolutionary psychology (chapter 2 – previous textbook)
2 : Neuroscience of social mentalizing
3 : Social Interaction (chapter 11 previous textbook – till part 2: Beyond Direct Self-Interest: Transformation of Situations
4 : Aggression (chapter 9)
5 : Prosociaal behavior (chapter 10)
6 : Affiliation, attraction and close relations (chapter 11)
7 : Emotions (chapter 6 – previous textbook)
8 : Text + articles (see electronic learning platform)
CLASS DEMONSTRATIONS:
During each class (day or evening class), there are three groups of maximum 7 students each who will present a class demo for a maximum of 10 minutes (all included!) A class demo can be a classroom experiment, a class survey, a role play, an appropriate video and so on.
Guidelines:
- For the demo, take an experiment or study that has not been treated in depth in the book (with a figure or a table) or in the PowerPoint presentation !!
- The week before class, send in a proposal for a demonstration.
- Even if the demo is rather an illustration than a class experiment, you should try to involve the students actively. For example, for an illustration or observation (e.g., video), you can give the students an observation task, which they must perform each time after having seen a part of the video.
- Note that the demo itself should be preferentially in DUTCH as this is the mother language of the majority of the students; otherwise the demo is in English.
- Collect the data in the classroom and provide a statistical analysis of the results using a chi-square test (preferably by collecting the data during class by raising hands). If you feel necessary, the report might contain a more appropriate statistical test.
- At the end of the demo, make a link to the textbook and/or theory.
- Try to make critical comments on your demo. Do not limit yourself to the comment that the experimental context is less than ideal because of the classroom situation, but try to make more substantive comments (e.g., Is there an confounding variable?)
- Student groups that conducted a demo the week/class before (so-called shadow class groups) are required to give critical comments about the current demo.
- A scientific report of about 10 pages will be written on the demo.
- A selection of these demos, based on the best reports, will become part of the exam (for everyone).
- Prepare three multiple-choice exam questions (with four alternatives and indicating the correct answer) and send them electronically; a selection of (adjusted) questions will be used during the exam.
To prepare for the demos FOR DAY CLASSES:
(can change depending on circumstances; see digital platform)
Class 1: Evolutionary psychology
Chapter 2 (previous textbook: no demo)
Class 2: Neuroscience of social mentalizing (see articles; no demo)
Class 3: Social Interaction
demo 3: Chapter 11 (previous textbook): till (and including) "Beyond Direct Self-Interest"
Chapter 11 (previous textbook)
Class 4: Aggression
demo 4-1: Chapter 9: till (and including) "Personal and situational variables"
demo 4-2: Chapter 9: remaining part
Class 5: Chapter 9 (no demo)
Class 6: Prosocial Behavior
demo 6-1: Chapter 10: till (and including) "Why do people help"
demo 6-2: Chapter 10: remaining part
Class 7: Chapter 10 (no demo)
Class 8: Affiliation
demo 8-1: Chapter 11: till (and including) "Interpersonal attraction"
demo 8-2: Chapter 11: remaining part
Class 9: Chapter 11 (no demo)
Class 10: Emotions
demo 10-1: Chapter 6 (previous textbook): till (and including) "How are emotions elicited…”
demo 10-2: Chapter 6 (previous textbook): remaining part
Class 11: Chapter 6 (no demo)
Class 12-13: Repetition/Reserve
RECORDINGS
All classroom courses during the day are recorded (new recordings and / or reuse of previously created recordings). See electronic learning platform for access.
EXERCISES
The results of your group's demo are to be statistically processed and reported in a scientific report. The introduction of this report should not focus on the link with the textbook, but should rather analyze the literature on this specific research question (e.g., previous research about it).
Clear and logical language and reasoning is part of the evaluation. The report should be submitted in English, using correct and fluent language.
To give sufficient time to write the report, you hand it in no later than four weeks after the presentation of the demo (and at the latest at the start of the exams) in an electronic version. If the deadline is on a holiday, then move the deadline to the next working day.
This course is about social or interpersonal relationships, in particular about about the evolution of human relationship, the neuroscience of social mentalizing, aggressive or prosocial behavior, social interaction, cooperation and conflict, intimate relationships and emotions between partners, friends and / or colleagues at work. Your intention should be to understand and learn the main ideas and theories in this field.
The course consists of a series of lectures in which the main points - concepts, theories, research and applications - will be explained using a textbook and PowerPoint presentations. Questions and discussions will be encouraged as far as possible.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 75% of the final mark.
SELF Report determines 25% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the SELF Report category, the following assignments need to be completed:
What you need to learn for the exam is an outline of the theoretical models and approaches and key illustrations and studies. From the illustrations (figures, tables) in the textbook or PowerPoint presentations you should learn the general design of each study and the main conclusions (theory and practice).
A selection of the students’ scientific reports will be made available to everyone via the electronic learning platform, and so can serve as a refresher of these demos (to recall what was discussed in the classroom - the design and methods, results, methodological limitations and link with the textbook).
Examination Method:
Dutch: written multiple-choice exam (No oral continuation); English: oral exam
Marks:
- 5 points out of 20 for the report
- 15 points out of 20 for the course (lectures + PowerPoint presentations)
Partial transfers:
- the report
- the exam
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Psychology: Profile Profile Work and Organisational Psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Psychology: Initial track (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Psychology: Profile Profile Clinical psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Psychology: Profile Profile Work & Organisational Psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Psychology: Profile Profile Clinical Psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Profile Social Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Profile Cultural Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Initial track (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Profile Education Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Science in Psychology: Traject van 90 studiepunten met Profiel Arbeids- en Organisatiepsychologie (only offered in Dutch)
Bridging Programme Master of Science in Psychology: Profile Profile Clinical Psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Science in Psychology: Profile Profile Work and Organisational Psychology (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Science in Psychology: Profile Profile Clinical Psychology (only offered in Dutch)