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Applied Social Psychology

By Rujuta Dhananjay Deshmankar   |   Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
Learners enrolled: 434
This course aims at developing and promoting skill based education. An important goal is to create awareness in responding to the needs and challenges of the contemporary society. Hence this syllabus is created keeping in mind the changing nature of the educational, institutions, workplace ,legal systems ,health issues etc. This course will provide the students the nature of applied psychology, it reviews basic research designs and data collection methods. This course will also cover how social psychology  can be applied to difference areas of like environment, population diversity, legal system ,work, health, sports and media. This course also consists of steps involved in the design, implementation and evaluation of programmatic intervention.   

Objectives of this course are:
1. To develop foundation for the basic principles of applied social psychology.
2. To obtain knowledge about research methods in applied social psychology 
3. To help students to understand steps involves in implementations of intervention. 
4. To make students aware about how social psychological research have been applied to address social problems. 

Summary
Course Status : Upcoming
Course Type : Core
Language for course content : English
Duration : 15 weeks
Category :
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit Points : 4
Level : Undergraduate
Start Date : 14 Jul 2025
End Date : 31 Oct 2025
Enrollment Ends : 31 Aug 2025
Exam Date :
NCrF Level   : 6.0
Industry Details : Education, Training and Research Sector

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Course layout

Week 01 - Introduction to Applied Social Psychology, Historical Background of Applied Social Psychology, Approaches to Applied Social Psychology
Week 02 - Eminent Psychologists in Applied Social Psychology, Social Influence on Behaviour, Methodological Approaches - Research Designs, Qualitative Research, Methodological Approaches - Learning Research Techniques
Week 03 - Methodological Approaches - Participatory Action, Survey and Observation, Applied Social Psychology and Environment, Inducing Pro-Environment Behaviour
Week 04 - Built Environment, Environment - Cultural Differences and Challenges, Population - Social Concerns - 1, Population - Social Concerns - 2
Week 05 - Population - Social Influence - 1, Theories of Aggression and their relevance, Population - Social Concerns - 2
Week 06 - Diversity - Introduction and Approaches, Diversity - Cultural and Demographics - 1, Diversity - Demographics - 2, Diversity - Opportunities and Challenges
Week 07 - Work - Motivation, Leadership and Perceptual Biases, Job Satisfaction, Interpersonal Processes in Organizations - 1
Week 08 - Interpersonal Processes in Organizations - 2, Health - Introduction, Persuasion and Social Influence, Health Literacy, Cross - Sectional Studies - Health Literacy and Measures to Promote
Week 09 - Health - Family, Peer, Social Influences, Health Models and Planned Behaviour Theory, Health - Stress and Coping
Week 10 - Stress and the Immune System, Legal Systems - Social Psychology of a Crime, Origins of Criminal Behaviour, Concept of Criminal Justice System in India
Week 11 - Eyewitness Testimony, Intervention and Evaluation - Introduction, Impact Analysis
Week 12 - Process of Intervention - 1, Process of Intervention - 2, Impact Analysis - Definition and Types, Case Studies in Indian Context - Tihar Jail Reforms
Week 13 - Case studies in Indian Context - Chipko Movement, Case Studies in Indian Context - Burari Mass Suicide, Crime Against Children and Intervention
Week 14 - Sexual Harassment at Work Place and Pornography Addiction, Sacred Groves - Environmental Heritage

Instructor bio

- Masters and MPhil in clinical Psychology and RCI registered Clinical Psychologist
- Worked in different setups such as hospitals, with police personnel and on community mental health projects
- Taken trainings in CBT, REBT, DBT as a part of her skills building
- Trained at the Indian sign language interpreter level and is passionately working towards inclusive psychotherapy practices for hearing-impaired clients

Course certificate

- Internal Assessment - Weekly assessments released in the course shall be considered for Internal Marks and will carry 30% for the Overall Result. Out of all weekly assignments, the best/top five scores will be considered for the final Internal Assessment marks.

- End-term Assessment - The final exam shall be conducted by NTA, and will carry 70% for the overall Result.

- All students who obtain 40% marks in the internal assessment and 40% marks in the end-term proctored exam separately will be eligible for the SWAYAM Credit Certificate.


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