Introduction to Social Psychology

Social Psychology is the scientific study of human behavior, individual and intergroup, of ideological phenomena and the processes of their production. According to Doise, there are four levels of analysis: intra-individual, interpersonal, intergroup and ideological. This course examines the theory of attitudes, group processes, stereotypes and prejudices, phenomena of social influence - majority and minority - the classic experiments on submission to authority by Milgram and the experiment of the simulated prison by Zimbardo. The theory of social identity and self-categorization are presented in terms of explaining intergroup conflict and the formation of the social self.