PSY468:SocialCognition

201516(Isemester)

Instructor:Dr.ShikhaDixit
Office:FB153;PhoneNo:7157(Off);8613(Res)

CourseOutline

UnitIIntroductiontoSocialCognition:Socialnatureofcognition;Principlesof
socialcognition;PerceptionofPeopleandObjects;Modelsofsocialcognition

UnitIlAttribution:Majortheoriesofattribution;Errorsinattribution;Individual
differences;Applicationsofattributiontheories

UnitIllAutomaticProcesses:Automaticversuscontrolledprocesses;Implicit
memory;Subliminalperception;Automaticityandsocialcognition

UnitIVAttitudes:Componentsofattitudes;Relationshipbetweenattitudesand
behavior

UnitV:SocialSchemasandStereotypes:Typesandfunctionsofsocialschemas;
Definingstereotypeandstereotyping;Stereotypesasschemas;Stereotypesassocial
representations;Asocialcognitiveprocessanalysis

UnitVIMentalShortcuts:Representations;Heuristics;Biases;Socialinference
processes

UnitVIISelfandSocialCognition:Selfregulation;Selfrepresentation;Self
awareness

UnitVIIICultureandCognition:Understandingrelationshipbetweencultureand
cognition;Socialorientation;Culturaldifferencesincausalcognition

UnitIXSocialRepresentations:Socialrepresentationstheoryandissues;
Relationshipbetweensocialrepresentationsandsocialschemas

Books
Thefollowingtextbooksareavailableinthereservedsectionofthecentrallibrary

1. Augoustinos, M. and Walker, I. Social Cognition: An Integrated Introduction.

London:SagePublications.

2.Fiske,S.T.andTaylor,S.E.SocialCognition.Singapore:McGrawHill
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Evaluation
Midsemesterexamination:30marks
Endsemesterexamination:50marks
Classassignment:20marks
Total:100marks

Note
Classdiscussionswouldbeconductedinordertounderstandthemajorissuesand
enablethestudentstoexpresstheirideas.