Critical Social Psychology - for iPad/Mac/PC
by The Open University
We live in a complex, fast changing and highly social world. One of the most compelling questions we face is how to understand ourselves and other people. The video tracks on this album introduce the four main theoretical perspectives in social psychology - cognitive, psychoanalytical, discursive and phenomenological. The album also explores interrogative themes that help in the understanding of key topics in social psychology. This material forms part of The Open University course DD307 Social psychology: critical perspectives on self and others.
Episodes
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Understanding ourselves and others
An introduction to the ideas explored in this album.
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Dr Zimbardo
Psychologists look at a ground breaking social psychological experiment carried out in 1971, seeing how men behaved when given the roles of prisoner's and guards.
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The Experiment
Professor Alex Haslam talks about the modern day take on Dr Zimbardo's 1971 social psychological study which he set up and filmed for the BBC.
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Interrogative Themes
Professor Wendy Holloway discusses the ideas behind the themes, and how they help students study social psychology.
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Situated Knowledges
The idea of knowledge - what it is and how time and place affects how it is perceived.
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Power Relations
Power relationships, with specific reference to a study on childcare.
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Individual-Society Dualism
Psychologists Ann Phoenix and Wendy Holloway talk about why individual - society dualism is such a problem.
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Agency-Structure Dualism
Psychologists Ann Phoenix and Wendy Holloway discuss how people determine their life course - what influences them in society.
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Four Interrogative Themes
Professor Wendy Holloway looks at the common claim 'boys don't cry' and discusses it in relation to the four themes - situated knowledge, power relations, individual-society dualism and agency-structure dualism.
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The Phenomenological Perspective
Dr Darren Langdridge and Dr Linda Finlay talk about the lived experience, and how they ended up as phenomenological psychologists.
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The Traditional Family?
Dr Darren Langdridge discusses phenomenological research, focusing on his own study in understanding the lived experience of sexual identity.
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Living with Multiple Sclerosis
Dr Linda Finlay talks about her research into the lived experience of MS.
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Phenomenological Psychology
The distinctions between phenomenological psychology and other perspectives in social psychology are discussed
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The Social Psychoanalytical Perspective
An introduction to this perspective, with Dr Helen Lucey and Professor Ann Phoenix.
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Research methodology
Dr Helen Lucey discusses methods of research, focusing on one of her studies on siblings.
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Interview dynamics
Professor Ann Phoenix discusses her study on masculinities in 11 to 14 year old boys, looking at interview dynamics.
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Splitting & Projection
Professor Ann Phoenix and Dr Helen Lucey discuss the twin processes, and how they relate to social psychoanalytic research.
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Projective Identification
What projective identification is, how it links in with projection and where it sits in a social setting.
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Introjection
Dr Helen Lucy and Ann Phoenix explore how various emotions affect people's behavior.
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The Cognitive Social Perspective
Professor Alex Hasslam, Professor Tom Postmes and Professor Jolanda Jetten discuss cognitive social psychology, and how they became interested in it.
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Lab Experiments
Professor Alex Hasslam explains the importance of laboratory experiments in cognitive social psychology. PhD student Craig Knight desribes his research into the psychology of space.
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Field Experiments
Professor Tom Postmes and Professor Jolanda Jetten look at field experiments in cognitive social psychology, focusing on Daisy Brook and her study on how to make sport teams more effective.
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The Discursive Psychological Perspective
Ai introduction to the discursive psychological perspective from Dr Bianca Rabbe and Professor Margaret Wetherell.
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Discursive Analysis
Dr Bianca Rabbe talks about her own studies using discourse analysis, focusing on how young people talk about themselves and their relationships. She also looks at interpretative repertoire, subject positions and ideological dilemmas.
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Discursive Psychological Research
Professor Margaret Wetherell discusses her pioneering research into the language of racism.
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Football Analogy
Professor Margaret Wetherell breaks down discursive psychology using football as an analogy.
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Language and Discourse
Dr Bianca Rabbe discusses the traditional approach to language, and how the discourse approach differs.
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Cognitive Social Definitions
Ontology, Methodology, Methods and Unit of Analysis are defined in relation to Cognitive Social Psychology.
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Discursive Psychological Definitions
Ontology, Methodology, Methods and Unit of Analysis aredefined in relation to Discursive Psychological Psychology
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Phenomenological Definitions
Ontology, Methodology, Methods and Unit of Analysis are defined in relation to Phenomenological Psychology
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Social psychoanalytical definitions
Ontology, methodology, methods and unit of analysis are defined in relation to social psychoanalytical psychology.
About this show
We live in a complex, fast changing and highly social world. One of the most compelling questions we face is how to understand ourselves and other people. The video tracks on this album introduce the four main theoretical perspectives in social psychology - cognitive, psychoanalytical, discursive and phenomenological. The album also explores interrogative themes that help in the understanding of key topics in social psychology. This material forms part of The Open University course DD307 Social psychology: critical perspectives on self and others.
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