Human Behavior in Social Contexts
University of Trento
Overview
In the academic year 2019/2020, I taught the course Human Behavior in Social Contexts as adjunct professor at the University of Trento, within the Bachelor's degree program in Social Work.
The course provided an introduction to the foundational theories and methods of social psychology, with a specific focus on understanding how individuals think, feel, and behave in social contexts. Topics included social perception, attitudes and attitude change, group dynamics, and the psychological underpinnings of key social issues such as poverty, social exclusion, immigration, gender dynamics, and dehumanization.
Students were encouraged to critically engage with core psychological concepts and reflect on their relevance to the social challenges that social workers face in their professional practice. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the course was delivered entirely online, combining asynchronous materials with live virtual sessions to facilitate discussion and interaction during the national lockdown.
The course provided an introduction to the foundational theories and methods of social psychology, with a specific focus on understanding how individuals think, feel, and behave in social contexts. Topics included social perception, attitudes and attitude change, group dynamics, and the psychological underpinnings of key social issues such as poverty, social exclusion, immigration, gender dynamics, and dehumanization.
Students were encouraged to critically engage with core psychological concepts and reflect on their relevance to the social challenges that social workers face in their professional practice. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the course was delivered entirely online, combining asynchronous materials with live virtual sessions to facilitate discussion and interaction during the national lockdown.
Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal call to action by the United Nations to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure peace and prosperity for all by 2030. These interconnected goals provide a shared framework for addressing the world's most urgent social, economic, and environmental challenges.
This course contributes to several key SDGs by exploring how social psychology can help promote good health and well-being, gender equality, reduced inequalities, and peace, justice and strong institutions.
This course contributes to several key SDGs by exploring how social psychology can help promote good health and well-being, gender equality, reduced inequalities, and peace, justice and strong institutions.