ID:
510232
Duration (hours):
36
CFU:
6
SSD:
PSICOLOGIA SOCIALE
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Primo Semestre (15/09/2025 - 19/12/2025)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
The learning outcomes of this course include:
• The knowledge and understanding, and ability to explain how the main theoretical tenets and processes and empirical results related to the Social Cognition approach can be applied in different social contexts.
• The ability to critically analyze the literature related to the Social Cognition approach in an autonomous way, and to suggest alternative theoretical and methodological solutions.
• The ability to autonomously develop ideas for research and interventions inspired by the Social Cognition approach.
• The knowledge and understanding, and ability to explain how the main theoretical tenets and processes and empirical results related to the Social Cognition approach can be applied in different social contexts.
• The ability to critically analyze the literature related to the Social Cognition approach in an autonomous way, and to suggest alternative theoretical and methodological solutions.
• The ability to autonomously develop ideas for research and interventions inspired by the Social Cognition approach.
Course Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of experimental psychology theories and methods, and English.
Teaching Methods
The learning and teaching methods include:
• In-class lectures.
• Group/in class discussions.
• Classroom exercises/activities.
• Learning activities on the KIRO platform’s course page: https://elearning.unipv.it/course/view.php?id=10739.
• In-class lectures.
• Group/in class discussions.
• Classroom exercises/activities.
• Learning activities on the KIRO platform’s course page: https://elearning.unipv.it/course/view.php?id=10739.
Assessment Methods
The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge of the topic, critical analysis, and oral presentation skills.
The summative assessment consists of:
• A in itinere written exam on 17th December 2025 – an oral exam in the subsequent exam sessions.
The formative assessment consists of:
• The verbal feedback students will receive to their answers to the discussion questions during the lectures.
The summative assessment consists of:
• A in itinere written exam on 17th December 2025 – an oral exam in the subsequent exam sessions.
The formative assessment consists of:
• The verbal feedback students will receive to their answers to the discussion questions during the lectures.
Texts
Required readings (e.g., scientific journal articles, slides/additional materials, which will be uploaded on the KIRO platform’s course page, https://elearning.unipv.it/course/view.php?id=10739) will be indicated during the module.
As a reference, suggested textbooks are:
• Fiske, S. T., & Taylor, S. E. (2013). Social cognition: From brains to culture (2nd ed.). London: Sage.
• Wyer, R. S., Jr., & Srull, T. K. (Eds.). (1994). Handbook of social cognition: Volume 2. Applications (2nd ed.). Taylor & Francis. https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9781317782513
As a reference, suggested textbooks are:
• Fiske, S. T., & Taylor, S. E. (2013). Social cognition: From brains to culture (2nd ed.). London: Sage.
• Wyer, R. S., Jr., & Srull, T. K. (Eds.). (1994). Handbook of social cognition: Volume 2. Applications (2nd ed.). Taylor & Francis. https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9781317782513
Contents
This module will introduce students to the applications to different social contexts of the main theoretical and empirical results of the Social-Cognitive approach to Social Psychology. We will examine the main social cognitive processes, such as social categorization and stereotyping, and how they can bear on individual and social issues. The indicative content of the module includes:
• Introduction to Social Cognition.
• What is Social Cognition?
• The metaphors of the social thinker.
• Applications of Social Cognition to Health Psychology: risk perception, rationality and irrationality, and heuristic processes underlying smoking behavior.
• Applications of Social Cognition to Clinical Psychology: automatisms; rumination; social memory and trauma-related memories; social-cognitive theories of depression and anxiety.
• Impression formation, social categorization, stereotypes and stereotyping (e.g., the Stereotype Content Model).
• Applications to Political Psychology and implications for social policies: intersectionality and intersectional invisibility.
• Introduction to Social Cognition.
• What is Social Cognition?
• The metaphors of the social thinker.
• Applications of Social Cognition to Health Psychology: risk perception, rationality and irrationality, and heuristic processes underlying smoking behavior.
• Applications of Social Cognition to Clinical Psychology: automatisms; rumination; social memory and trauma-related memories; social-cognitive theories of depression and anxiety.
• Impression formation, social categorization, stereotypes and stereotyping (e.g., the Stereotype Content Model).
• Applications to Political Psychology and implications for social policies: intersectionality and intersectional invisibility.
Course Language
English
More information
Inclusive teaching methods will be implemented for some students (categories listed in Annex A: https://portale.unipv.it/it/didattica/servizi-lo-studente/modalita-didattiche-inclusive) through materials/activities presented on the KIRO platform’s course page (https://elearning.unipv.it/course/view.php?id=10739).
Degrees
Degrees
PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCE AND HUMAN SCIENCES
Master’s Degree
2 years
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