Advance Course in Social Psychology

ABOUT THE COURSE:This course offers an introduction to classic and contemporary social psychology, covering topics such as interpersonal attraction and understanding of social relationship, attitude, persuasion, interactive behavior, impression management, conflict resolution, and communicationINTENDED AUDIENCE: Students from universities, colleges, and technical institutions and managers seeking to expand their scope of expertisePREREQUISITES: Post-Graduation in any disciplineINDUSTRY SUPPORT: Banking, IT, and manufacturing sector; HR department, Police training, Medical practitioners, Army, Navy, and Air Force Personnel.

Week 1 : Introduction to Social Psychology: Its historical background; its scope, and major features of contemporary social psychology.Week 2 : Methods Adopted in Social Psychology: Experimental and non-experimental approaches, Qualitative research methods- Grounded theory and Focused group.Week 3 : Interpersonal attraction: Attraction, similarity, and liking, Measurement issues- Sociometry.Week 4 : Social Relationship: Helping behavior and recipient reactions- Determinants and major models-Reciprocal altruism, negative-state relief model, empathy-altruism model, and social exchange theory.Week 5 : Attitudes: Attitude and its components; Attitude formation theories; Persuasion.Week 6 : Social influence: Social facilitation, Social loafing, Conformity, and compliance; Impression Management- tactics of impression management, self-presentation.Week 7 : Distributive, Procedural and Interactional Justice: Meaning, definition, and types; Antecedents and outcomes.Week 8 : Conflicting Behavior: Cooperation and competition; Conflict resolution strategies.Week 9 : Communication: Process, formal and informal communication, verbal and non-verbal patterns of communication, social networks, rumors, and grapevine.Week 10 : Group Behavior: Defining and Classifying Groups; Stages of group development; Group Properties-Roles, Norms, Status, and Cohesiveness; Groupthink and Groupshift; Approaches used for different types of group work.Week 11 : Group Leadership: Conceptualizing leadership; Leadership styles, Contemporary theories of leadership- Leader-member Exchange, Charismatic Leadership, Transactional and Transformational Leadership.Week 12 : Interactive Behavior: Transactional analysis, JOHARI window.