Program Overview

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Course Overview

Introduction to Social Psychology

The course PSYK4127, Introduction to Social Psychology, is a foundation course at level I, worth 7.5 credits. It is scheduled to start in the autumn of 2025 and will run for one semester. The language of instruction is Norwegian, and the course will be held in Trondheim.

Course Details

Course Content

This introductory course in social psychology explores how people's thoughts, feelings, and behavior are influenced by the actual or imagined presence of others. Major theoretical perspectives in social psychology, including sociocultural, evolutionary, social learning, and social cognitive, are covered to describe and explain social behavior.

Learning Outcome

• Knowledge: Students will develop a basic overview of central perspectives in social psychology and obtain knowledge of specific research fields, including how we think about ourselves and the social world, attitudes, social influences, cooperation and function in groups, prejudices, discrimination, conflicts, friendships, love, prosocial, and aggressive behavior.
• Skills: Students will be able to account for and discuss how social behavior and cognitions can be explained from different perspectives in social psychology.
• General Competence: Students will develop an understanding of how to study people in social situations and how different social factors influence people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Learning Methods and Activities

The course includes lectures (2 hours per week) and study groups.

Specific Conditions

Admission to a program of study is required, specifically the Clinical Psychology Programme (CPSYR).

Recommended and Required Previous Knowledge

There are no recommended or required previous knowledge prerequisites for this course.

Credit Reductions

This course has academic overlap with several other courses. If a student takes overlapping courses, they will receive a credit reduction in the course where they have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently. The overlapping courses include:

• PSY1004 (7.5 sp) from Autumn 2022
• PSY1014 (7.5 sp) from Autumn 2022
• PSY1124 (4 sp) from Autumn 2022
• PSY1504 (4 sp) from Autumn 2022
• PSYPRO4114 (7.5 sp) from Autumn 2022
• PSYK4124 (3.5 sp) from Autumn 2022
• PSY1127 (7.5 sp) from Autumn 2022
• PSY1507 (7.5 sp) from Autumn 2022

Subject Areas

• Psychology

Examination

Examination Arrangement

The examination arrangement for this course is a school exam.

Ordinary Examination

• The ordinary examination for Autumn 2025 and Spring 2026 will be a school exam.
• Weighting: 100/100
• Examination aids: Code E
• Date and Time: 15:00
• Duration: 4 hours
• Exam system: Inspera Assessment

Place and Room for School Exam

The specified room can be changed, and the final location will be ready no later than 3 days before the exam. Students can find their room location on Studentweb. The rooms allocated for the exam include:

• Sluppenvegen 14, Room SL238 (2 candidates)
• Room SL318 (1 candidate)
• Room SL410 blň sone (8 candidates)
• Room SL410 orange sone (58 candidates)
• Room SL420 (1 candidate)
• Room SL520 (4 candidates)
• For the Spring 2026 exam, rooms include SL110 lilla sone (2 candidates), among others.