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Social and Management Psychology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:30:14
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PZK_196 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 5.00 | ECTS: | 7.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | International Politics | Target Audience: | Political Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ilze Trapenciere | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 10 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 20 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | - | ||||||||
| Objective: | To introduce theoretical and practical knowledge in social psychology and possibilities to employe the knowledge in everyday practice when working with people and groups. the course provides insight into the analyses of the personality in a social context un to provide knowledge on the psychological structure in the social context. Students will learn to recognise the psychological phenomenons in practice. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Social psychology as science, research methods. Personality, Self-concept, socialization. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Social attitudes. Attribution theory, attribution errors. Communication (perception, non-verbal and verbal communication, interaction. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Social impact. Power. Conformity | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Psychology of organisations. Groups, group classification. Group processes. Groups and teams. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | A manager and a leader. Thoeries of leadership | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Sress at the workplace. Stressors and stress reactions. Theories of work related stress. Stress assessment and management | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | 1. Assignement on Socialization. Submit in E-studies in time. 2. Assignment on groups, group processes. 3. Essay/presentation on personality perception, communication. 4. Essay/presentation on group types, processes, phenomena, management and/or leadership. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Cumulative assessment. In accordance to the Study regulations, students pass an exam. Analyses of a situation from the perspective of social psychology. Exam has to be submitted at E-studies. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students get knowledge on social psychology as science, research methods; basic knowledge on development of attitudes, structure and types of of communication; on group phenomenon, group structure and processes; and basic knowledge on group management and leadership. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students understand social psychology theoretical perspectives, can express their opinion orally and in written form, are able to evaluate otherness, develop the critical thinking. Students get knowledge and skills to recognize phenomenon and effects in social psychology. Students are able recognize the styles of influence and their role in communication. Students are able to recognize stereotypes and preconceptions, and discrimination. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students are able to employ knowledge in social psychology - to analyze and others from social psychology perspective. Students are able to understand and analyze non-verbal communication and it's role. Students are able to assess the basic signs of stress and burnout and to plan preventive activities in stress development. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Viesturs Reņģe ''Sociālā psiholoģija''; Zvaigzne ABC, 2002. | ||||||||
| 2 | Silva Omārova, Cilvēks dzīvo grupā, 2001. | ||||||||
| 3 | Silva Omārova, Cilvēks runā ar cilvēku; Kamene, 2002. | ||||||||
| 4 | Viesturs Reņģe, Mūsdienu organizāciju psiholoģija; Zvaigzne ABC, 2007. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Frīmentls D. Komandas motivācija un vadība: 50 praktiski padomi. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2006. 124 lpp | ||||||||
| 2 | Managing a Project Team - Free eBook in PDF Format. | ||||||||
| 3 | Newton, P., Bristol, H., Effective Communition; 2013. | ||||||||
| 4 | Managing the Stress and Uncertainty of Coronavirus | ||||||||
| 5 | Lotārs Dubkevičs, Organizācijas kultūra, Jumava, 2009., | ||||||||
| 6 | Lotārs Dubkēvičs, Līderība vadīšanā. Rīga: RaKa, 2011, 120 | ||||||||
| 7 | KLauss.O. Šarmers, U teorija. Vadība no topošās nākotnes. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2019 | ||||||||
| 8 | Ēriks Berns, Spēles, ko spēlē cilvēki; Birojs 2000 Plus, 2002. | ||||||||
| 9 | David Myer, Social psychology (11th ed.) | ||||||||
| 10 | Inese Ešenvalde, Personāla praktiskā vadība. Rīga: Merkūrijs, 2004. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Introduction to social psychology | ||||||||
| 2 | Joshua D. Wondra and Phoebe C. Ellsworth, (2015) An Appraisal Theory of Empathy and Other Vicarious Emotional Experiences; Psychological Review; Vol. 122, No. 3, 411–428 | ||||||||
| 3 | Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology | ||||||||
| 4 | European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology | ||||||||
