Human Behavior in Social Environment

Paper Code: 
NSS401
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • To enable students to develop an understanding of dyads, groups and organization.
  • To understand how social problems can be analyzed in terms of Social psychological theories.

 

9.00

Introduction: Nature and Scope; Approaches to Social Psychology; Methods- Observation, Experimental, Sociometry, Cross-Cultural

9.00

Attitudes:Nature; Attitude-Behaviour Link; Persuasion- Strategies for Attitude Change; Measurement of Attitude

9.00

Group Dynamics and Inter-Group Relations: Nature of Groups; Consequences of Belonging-Decision Making, Cooperation and Conflict; Prejudice: Nature and components of prejudice, Acquisition of prejudice, Reduction of prejudice. Inter-Group Conflict, Intervention techniques

9.00

Social Interaction Influence: Pro-Social Behaviour: Personal, Situational and Social-Cultural Determinant; Bystander Effect; Aggression

9.00

Current Social Issues: Poverty and Gender issue in India. Environmental Issues : Personal space and territoriality.

References: 

·         Baron, R.A., Byrne, D. & Bhardwaj, G. (2010).Social Psychology (12thed.). New Delhi: Pearson.

·         Baron, R.A. & Byrne, D. (1994). Social Psychology: Understanding Human Interaction. ND Prentice Hall.

·         Deaux, K., &Wrightsman, L. (2001). Social Psychology. California: Cole Publishing.

·         Mishra, G. (2009). Psychology in India: Theoretical and Methodological Developments. (ICSSR Survey of Advances in Research),Vol 4. New Delhi: Pearson.

·         Kassin, S., Fein, S., & Markus, H.R. (2008). Social Psychology. New York: Houghton Miffin.

·         Myers, D.G. (2008). Social Psychology. New Delhi; Tata McGraw-Hill.

·         Taylor, S.E., Peplau, L.A. & Sears, D.O. (2006). Social Psychology (12th ed.). New Delhi: Pearson.

 

 

Academic Session: 
2019-20
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