Week 1 : Introduction to Social Psychology: Its historical background; its scope, and major features of contemporary social psychology.
Week 2 : Methods Adopted in Social Psychology: Experimental and non-experimental approaches, Qualitative research methods- Grounded theory and Focused group.
Week 3 : Interpersonal attraction: Attraction, similarity, and liking, Measurement issues- Sociometry.
Week 4: Prosocial Behavior: Helping behavior and recipient reactions- Determinants and major models-Reciprocal altruism, negative-state relief model, empathy-altruism model, and social exchange theory.
Week 5 : Attitudes: Attitude and its components; Attitude formation theories; Persuasion.
Week 6 : Social influence: Social facilitation, Social loafing, Conformity, and compliance; Impression Management- tactics of impression management, self-presentation.
Week 7 : Distributive, Procedural and Interactional Justice: Meaning, definition, and types; Antecedents and outcomes.
Week 8 : Conflicting Behavior: Cooperation and competition; Conflict resolution strategies.
Week 9 : Communication: Process, formal and informal communication, verbal and non-verbal patterns of communication, social networks, rumors, and grapevine.
Week 10 : Group Behavior: Defining and Classifying Groups; Stages of group development; Group Properties-Roles, Norms, Status, and Cohesiveness; Groupthink and Groupshift; Approaches used for different types of group work.
Week 11 : Group Leadership: Conceptualizing leadership; Leadership styles, Contemporary theories of leadership- Leader-member Exchange, Charismatic Leadership, Transactional and Transformational Leadership.
Week 12 : Interactive Behavior: Transactional analysis, JOHARI window.
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