This seminar introduces participants to the self concept, a notion that has been – and remains – widely used in social psychology research. The classical definitions, structure and dynamic of the self will be addressed, as well as how the self has been and is currently researched. The seminar will also teach the participants the social cognitive mechanisms underlying the construction and updating of the self concept, and how the self influences cognition and behaviour. The seminar will be taught in English language.
As the course is an introductory note to the self as a psychological construct, no prior knowledge is required. Resources and tutorials will be provided online for students who are unfamiliar with any academic work that is required to validate this course (e.g., literature search and reading, standards for scholar redactions and presentations).
There is a central allocation of places for this event. Students will be informed of this separately by email. If you have any questions about the procedure, please contact: platzvergabe-psychologie@uni-bielefeld.de
Literature will be announced in the first seminar session.
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27-GF-Soz Sozialpsychologie | GF-Soz.3: Vertiefung zur Sozialpsychologie | Study requirement
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Student information |
The binding module descriptions contain further information, including specifications on the "types of assignments" students need to complete. In cases where a module description mentions more than one kind of assignment, the respective member of the teaching staff will decide which task(s) they assign the students.
Degree programme/academic programme | Validity | Variant | Subdivision | Status | Semester | LP | |
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Studieren ab 50 |
To validate this course, students will have to prepare a presentation as a group (3-5 students per group, 5-8 minutes per presentation, 2-3 minutes of questions per presentation) about a topic related to the self. Several topics will be proposed to help students finding theirs, but spontaneous proposals can also be considered.
Participants who need a grade for the course (e.g., Erasmus students) will have an additional assignment which will consist of short literature review (4-10 papers, up to 4-5 pages or 2000-3000 words).