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Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
Knowledge of theories and research methods in Social Psychology (Contents of the Course “Social Psychology I)
Objectives Contents The course topics include the social psychology of the leadership, the relationships with the other and the communication in the public sphere. The course will present: 1) the development of the psychological theory on the leadership, with particular reference to the idea of identity, influence and power; 2) some psycho-social approaches to the study of processes and phenomena concerning the interpersonal, ingroup and intergroups relations; 3) some analysis of the psychosocial mechanisms underlying the disinformation in the public sphere.
Extended Syllabus THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE LEADER (Early history: from leadership traits to behavioural styles. II. Today's leadership psychology: situational and contingency theories; transactional and transformational leadership. III. The fundamentals of the new psychology of leadership. IV. "He is one of us": the leader as a prototype of the ingroup. V. "He does it for us": the leader as champion of the ingroup. VI. Building a sense of us: the leader as an entrepreneur of identity. VII. Let us really count: the leader as the creator of identity. VIII. A general framework of identity-based leadership: prejudice, practice and politics).
THE RELATION WITH THE OTHER (The individual and the other; basic processes in the relations with the other; from altruism to solidarity).
FAKE NEWS (Fake news, a new phenomenon? What is a fact. Sharing economy, influencers and fake news. Where fake news is born and how it spreads. Survive the fake news).
Recommended Bibliography HASLAM A. S., REICHER S. D. e PLATOW M. J. (2013) Psicologia del leader. Identità, influenza e potere, Bologna, Il Mulino, pp.403, € 38,00.
Teaching Methods Lectures using power point presentation, discussions.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
Written exam (20 closed-ended questions providing one point each and one open question providing 10 points as a maximum)
Contacts/More Information Slides presented in class will be available online (see “Materiali didattici”)
