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PY204: Interpersonal and Group Behaviour
| Module Title | Interpersonal and Group Behaviour |
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| Module Code | PY204 |
| Module Tutor | Jonathan Elcock |
| School | Natural and Social Sciences |
| CAT Points | 15 |
| Level of Study | 5 |
| Pre-requisites | Before taking this module you must pass PY101 or pass PY105 or pass PY108 |
| Co-requisites | None |
| Restrictions | None |
| Brief Description | This module explores one of the major tensions in modern psychology. How best can we understand the actions and behaviour of groups of people and between people. The module explores the tensions between traditional psychology techniques and social constructionist techniques. Students will write an essay about how social constructionism alters our understanding of an area of traditional social psychology, and undertake analysis of transcript material. |
| Indicative Syllabus | An examination of the two major theoretical perspectives on the way that we as psychologists understand group and interpersonal 'behaviour', cognitive social psychology and social constructionism. An account of the argument that Psychology needs to move towards being a more critical reflexive discipline and the view that a necessary part of this is to broaden its perspective away from its narrow experimental and essentialist roots. The examples in which this argument is placed include: Attitude theories and their discursive alternatives; the psychology of race and the racism of psychology; Social Identity Theory and the social psychology of identity; sex differences in language and the social construction of gender. In addition students are taught a range of discourse and conversation analysis techniques and the ethical considerations that such studies require. |
| Learning Outcomes | i. Knowledge and Understanding By the end of the module students should be able to: a) understand and use the metatheoretical approach of social constructionism and understand its role in a critique of essentialist psychology b) extend and broaden their knowledge of selected social psychology theories and apply these to interpersonal and group situations. c) understand the techniques of discourse and conversation analysis in relation to a small scale empirical study. d) apply social psychology theory to real world situations.
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| Learning and Teaching Activities | Staff/Student Contact 16% Student-Private Study 84% (Planning and executing a small scale, group, qualitative study including interviewing, fully transcribing the interviews and analysing the transcripts produced. Reading to support the module. Preparing the assignments.) Methods include lectures, group discussions and individual tutorials. |
| Assessment (For further details see the Module Guide) | 001: 100% Coursework: Individual, standard written: Investigation: 3000 words or equivalent |
| Special Assessment Requirements | None |
| Indicative Resources | The Library Catalogue contains full details of the current reading list for this module. Further details may also be found in the Module Guide. |
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