COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERGROUP CONFLICTS AND CONTACT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 5058 INTERGROUP CONFLICTS AND CONTACT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

PSYCHOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ABBAS TÜRNÜKLÜ

Offered to

PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to teach students the dynamics of intergroup relations, intergroup conflicts and intergroup contact. This course will examine theory and research in intergroup relations. It offers a critical engagement with major theories in intergroup relations such as social identity theory, self-categorisation theory, and intergroup conflict theory, intergroup contact theory. It considers how social categorisation leads to prejudice and discrimination, how prejudice can be reduced, how minorities can influence social change, why intractable conflicts are hard to solve, helping in an intergroup context, how people behave in crowds, how crossgroup friendships are formed, how crossgroups integration maintain in host environment. It further explores applications of the social psychology of intergroup relations in real life settings.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to understand intergroup relations theories and concepts
2   to understand the foundations of intergroup conflict
3   to identify social identity
4   to describe a common ingroup identity
5   to understand intergroup contact and direct contact
6   to understand indirect contact: extended and vicarious contact
7   to describe cross-group friendship among children and adolescents
8   to understand collective action and intergroup conflict

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Intergroup relations theories and concepts
2 Intergroup relations theories and concepts
3 Foundations of intergroup conflict
4 Foundations of intergroup conflict
5 Social identity,
6 A common ingroup identity
7 Mid term exam
8 Intergroup contact and direct contact
9 Indirect contact: Extended contact
10 Indirect contact: Vicarious contact
11 Cross-Group Friendship Among Children and Adolescents
12 Cross-Group Friendship Among Children and Adolescents
13 Collective action and intergroup conflict
14 Collective action and intergroup conflict

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Allport, G. W. (1954). The nature of prejudice. Cambridge, MA: Addison-Wesley.
2. Bar-Tal, D. (2011). Intergroup conflicts and their resolution: A social psychological perspective. New York: psychology Press.
3. Brewer, B. M. (2003). Intergroup relations (2nd edit.). New York: Open University Press.
4. Brown, It., & Hewstone, M. (2005). An integrative theory of intergroup contact. Advances in Experimented Social Psychology. 37, 255-343.
5. Davies, K., Tropp, L. R., Aron, A., Pettigrew, T. F., & Wright, S. C. (2011). Cross-group friendships and intergroup attitudes: A meta-analytic review. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 15, 332-351. doi:10.1177/1088868311411103
6. Dovidio, F. J., Gaertner, L. S., and Saguy, T. (2007). Another view of ``we : Majority and minority group perspectives on a common ingroup identity. European Revıew Of Socıal Psychology, 18, 296 330

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussions, case studies, problem solving.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm and FInal exams

Assessment Criteria

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to understand and explain

1. The students will describe intergroup relations theories and concepts.
2. The students will describe foundations of intergroup conflict.
3. The students will describe social identity.
4. The students will describe a common ingroup identity.
5. The students will describe intergroup contact and direct contact.
6. The students will describe indirect contact: extended and vicarious contact.
7. The students will describe cross-group friendship among children and adolescents,
8. The students will describe and compare problem solving and option generation.
9. The students will describe collective action and intergroup conflict.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. All assignments should be submitted on time. Otherwise will not be accepted.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

abbas.turnuklu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tue: 13.00-14.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparation for quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 167

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.15555
LO.2554
LO.354
LO.4555
LO.5545
LO.6554
LO.7555
LO.85545