LEVEL 2 Social Psychology

WHAT IS SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY?

Social Psychology is a study of the human condition. Social Psychology aids and encourages self-reflection, which in turn helps develop personal consciousness and understanding of personal development. Students who understand experiences outside their own individual social and cultural context develop a conscience more suited to the multicultural world in which we live. They also develop an understanding of organisational behaviour.

Social Psychology focuses on the individual and how as individuals we operate in social groups. It is a class which will challenge students and the way in which they think and act. This class sets the scene for understanding society and action in Level 3 Social Anthropology and Level 3 Psychology.

Course outline

What will you learn?

Students will ponder questions such as:

How have ideas about human behaviour and society in general developed over time?

What is the nature of intelligence? What is truth? Why do good people do bad things?

What are the causes and effects of social issues?

What sorts of things will you do?

Students will explore approaches in psychology to explaining behaviour, and learn to communicate these ideas.

Students will look at psychological ethics in relation to research and apply this to a piece of psychological research.

Students will be introduced to the features of psychological research and then carry out and report on their own psychological research activity.

Students will apply sociological and psychological concepts they have learned to explore how conflict can occur through different ideological standpoints on beliefs and culture.