HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: Psychology

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Tali Kleiman

Coordinator Email: tali.kleiman@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: please pre-schedule

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Tali Kleiman

Course/Module description:
the seminar will revolve around the role of consistency in human mental life.

Course/Module aims:
- Introduce students to the research field
- establishing and practicing critical theoretical and empirical thinking

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
- describe major theories in the field
- identify unique predictions for each theory
- point to both positive and negative aspects of inconsistency
- identify cognitive, affective and motivational factors underlying inconsistency experience.

Attendance requirements(%):
100

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: synchronous. zoom calsses

Course/Module Content:
Sample of topics to be discussed:
Cognitive dissonance
Ambivalence
Internal conflicts
Expectancy violation
Errors and dealing with error
How inconsistencies affect cognition, motivation, emotion
Conscious and non-conscious conflicts

Required Reading:
please read syllabus in moodle

Additional Reading Material:

Grading Scheme :

Additional information:
For each class students will read 1-2 papers which will be the basis for class discussion. Reading and thinking about the papers before each class is essential for the class to be effective and interesting. grade will be determined based on class presentation (30%) and a final paper (70%)