THE CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY
cod. 23284

Academic year 2008/09
3° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Psicologia sociale (M-PSI/05)
Field
Psicologia sociale e del lavoro
Type of training activity
Characterising
32 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

The course proposes to acquire the knowledge and tools necessary to understand the social contents and the social processes involved in the personal and social identity construction dynamics.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<p>1) Self and identity: major definitions in the social psychological approach <br />
2) Le self-concept dimensions: the uniqueness and the multiplicity problems <br />
3) The rigidity and the fluidity of the self-concept <br />
4) Self-concept: cognitive approaches. <br />
5) The social dimensions of the self: to the Symbolic Interactionism from the Social Identity Theory <br />
6) The identity motives: motivational approaches <br />
7) Self and Identity: integrated approaches <br />
8) Self and identity investigation techniques: to the study of the content from the study of the processes involved. </p>

Full programme

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Bibliography

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Mancini Tiziana (2002), Sé e identità. Modelli, problemi e metodi in psicologia sociale, Carocci, Roma <br />
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Other readings will be recommended during lessons.<br />

Teaching methods

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Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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