ISP Flagship Lecture Series
Aim: These lectures delivered by ISP staff was to bring across key concepts of social and societal psychology to all PhD and MSc students in Social and Cultural Psychology (SCP), Organisational Social Psychology (OSP), Social and Public Communication (SPC) and Health, Community and Development (HCD).
These concepts form the common basis for these programmes where they are elaborated in many different ways.
Objective: The key for these lectures was so that students listening would be able to understand key social psychological concepts and recognise their value in their own field of study and research.
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Week 1 4th October
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Saadi Lahlou
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INTRODUCTION
What is Societal Psychology? What is its relevance for understanding activity and social design in the real world?
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Week 2 11th October
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Caroline Howarth
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HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE SOCIAL SELF
How do we think? How does human consciousness develop? What is the connection between human consciousness, culture and social change?
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Week 3 18th October
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Tom Reader
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ATTITUDES AND CHANGING BEHAVIOUR
How do attitudes develop? Do attitudes predict behaviour? By simply changing attitudes, can we change behaviour?
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Week 4 25th October
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Sandra Jovchelovitch
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SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE, SOCIAL MEMORY
Do we inherit knowledge and traditions? Or do we think for ourselves? Is social knowledge always about finding a consensus or is difference of opinion the basis of social knowledge?
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Week 5 1st November
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Bradley Franks
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CULTURAL NORMS AND ATTRIBUTION
Are there cultural differences in how we think? Are there differences between how we see ourselves and how others see us – and is this influenced by culture?
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Week 6 8th November
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Lucia Garcia
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GROUP DYNAMICS AND LEADERSHIP
Do groups choose leaders? What makes a good leader? Do certain contexts produce good leaders
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Week 7 15th November
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Catherine Campbell
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SOCIAL IDENTITIES, INTERGROUP RELATIONS AND PREJUDICE
Is social life always about 'us' and 'them'? How do we develop a sense of identity and belonging? Is intergroup conflict and prejudice inevitable?
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Week 8 22nd November
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Martin Bauer
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SOCIAL INFLUENCE
Can a minority change the opinions of a majority? Are we always influenced by the views of the majority? When do we challenge those in authority?
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Week 9 29th November
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Andy Wells
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THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN COOPERATION AND COMPETITION
Are love and hate equally natural? Why do people sometimes sacrifice themselves for others, and sometimes pursue their own interests ruthlessly?
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Week 10 6th December
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(panel discussion: SL/ SJ/ MB/TR/BR/CH)
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SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL RESEARCH
How do we change societies and human behaviour? Does social research led to social change?
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