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HU Credits:
3
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Occupational Therapy
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr Mor Nachum
Coordinator Office Hours:
On appointment by mail
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Anne Aharon
Course/Module description:
This course focuses on the thinking process, perceptions and personal characteristics of the individual and the context that they exist in order to understand social behaviour .
Course/Module aims:
This course provides an introduction to research methods of human behaviour in a social setting. We will consider the individual influences and is influenced by their environment through experiments that use knowledge of health in the field of OT. In the course we will also discuss processes of cognition , social perceptions, social identity, self identity and group proceses
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
- Define the main areas of social psychology
- Describe the contribution of theory to understanding human behaviour
- Examine, explain and critique research in the field of social psychology
- apply terms, theory, and findings to understand and problem solve human behaviour in daily living
Attendance requirements(%):
80%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lectures, discussions, video analysis
Course/Module Content:
1. What is social psychology?
- Theory and research
2. Understanding the social work - social cognition, social perceptions, individual understanding
3. Social influence - the influence of thoughts and feelings, conformation and discipline, group process
4. Social interaction - attraction, first impressions, intimacy, aggression, stereotyping, racism
5. Social psychology and health - prevention and improving lifestyles
Required Reading:
Given separately
Additional Reading Material:
-
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 80 %
Presentation 10 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 10 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
Students must complete all tasks in order to sit the exam.
In order to pass the course, students must achieve a pass mark in all tasks
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