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THE CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY
Course unit partition: Cognomi A-F

Academic year 2010/11
3° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Psicologia sociale (M-PSI/05)
Field
Ambito aggregato per crediti di sede
Type of training activity
Caratterizzante
32 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
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Course unit partition: THE CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITY

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Learning objectives

Acquire relevant knowledge to understand the contents and the psychological, relational and social processes of the self-image
State how the self-image is structured in the current post-modern society

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Self and identity
- Definitions, contents, and dimensions of Self and Identity
- theoretical perspectives and levels of analysis in the study of the Self
Theoretical approaches and metaphors of the self
-cognitive approaches and the “connoisseur self”
-social approaches and the “socialized self”
-motivational approaches and the “phenomenal Self”
-post-modern approaches and the “dialogical and polyphonic Self”
The problems and potentials of the self in post-modern society
-The different faces of the self (multiplicity vs. oneness of the self)
- The feeling of identity (stability vs. change in the self)

Full programme

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Bibliography

Obbligatori
Mancini Tiziana (2010), Psicologia dell’identità. Bologna: Il Mulino (tutto).
Mancini Tiziana (2001), Sé e identità. Modelli, problemi e metodi in psicologia sociale, Roma: Carocci (Introduzione e parte prima, fino a pag. 204)
Letture di approfondimento:
Mancini T. (2006), Psicologia dell’identità etnica. Sé e appartenenze culturali, Roma: Carocci.
Elliot A. (2010), I concetti del sé, Torino: Einaudi.
Regalia C., Marta E. a cura di (2010). Identità in relazione. Le sfide odierne dell’essere adulto. Milano: McGraw-Hill.

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Assessment methods and criteria

Written exam with open questions

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