SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

The social interaction and relevance of the group; the construction of the Self and the Possible Selves; the Social identity and the ingroup /outgroup bias; the intergroup relationships and the strategies for the reduction of prejudicial thought; the psychological small group and the change processes; the psycho-social training and the "listening ability"; the issue of the Identity and the dynamics of empathy; the interpretation of the role and the ability to "be in the relationship".

The concepts of Institution according to various theoretical approaches: sociological; institutional; psycho-socio-analytical; psycho-sociological. The deinstitutionalization processes. The Identity, the change and the Institutional dynamics. The psychosocial processes and the effects of the institutional experience.

The Psycho-Socio-Cultural Institutions (Belief in Just World, Rape Myths, etc.), background attitudes of social representations and their role in the phenomenon of sexual violence: methods of reserach to explore the phenomenon and intervention tools functional to change

Materials distributed during the lessons: slides and other materials with examples that actualize the various theoretical approaches treated during the lessons.

1)Licciardello O. (2015), I gruppi. Aspetti epistemologici e ricadute applicative, Angeli, Milano (Volume in full).

2)Licciardello O. (2016), Istituzioni e cambiamento. Processi psicosociali, Angeli ed., Milano (Volume in full).

3)Licciardello O. & M.G. Cardella (2017), Alla base dell'iceberg. La rappresentazione della violenza sessuale tra atteggiamenti di superficie e sfondo. Angeli Ed., Milano (Volume in full).