COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERGROUP BEHAVIOR

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 6132 INTERGROUP BEHAVIOR ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

PSYCHOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERAP AKFIRAT

Offered to

PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to overview the social pscyhological factors that help to unerstand how and why people form groups, and the in and intergroup processes.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To comprehend the social psychological bases of in and intergroup processes
2   To discuss the large and small scale groups' past, present and future in frame of social psychology
3   To compare social psychological solutions to real world proeblems such as prejudice and discrimination
4   To plan emprical studies on ingroup and intergroup behaviors
5   To report the results of reaserhes and to publish articles
6   To be able to follow and discuss the current studies about intra-group and inter-group processes

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Meeting and organizations
2 Basic concepts (group, ingroup, outgroup, group processes)
3 Historical development of group studies
4 Social identity / self categorization theories
5 System justification / social dominance theories
6 Motivations and groups
7 Group based emotions
8 Collective threats
9 Prejudice and discrimination
10 Power and ideology
11 Leadership
12 General overview

Recomended or Required Reading

Tajfel, H. (1982). Social psychology of intergroup relations. Annual Review of Psychology, 33, 1-39.
Turner, J.C., & Reynolds, K.J. (2001). The social identity perspective in intergroup relations: Theories, themes, and controversies. In R. Brown & S. Gaertner (Eds.), Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Intergroup Processes (pp. 133-152). Malden, MA, USA: Blackwell.
Oakes, P.J., & Haslam, S.A. (2001). Distortion V. Meaning: Categorization on trial for inciting intergroup hatred. In M. Augoustinos & K.J. Reynolds (Eds.), Understanding prejudice, racism, and social conflict (pp. 179-194). London: Sage.
Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner (2006). Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes: A Meta-Analytic Review. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 10( 4), 336 353.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, student presentations, inclass discussing

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ* 0.40 + PAR* 0.10 + ASG * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Term Project
2. Participation
3. Assignment

Assessment Criteria

Assignments, in-class participation, term project

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance must be at least 70% for the lectures.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

serap.akfirat@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 14:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Student Presentations 10 3 30
Preparing assignments 10 2 20
Preparing presentations 3 10 30
Reading 5 8 40
Project Assignment 1 12 12
Project Final Presentation 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 135

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.144545
LO.25545
LO.34544
LO.4544
LO.54555
LO.64555

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