Social Neuroscience

Sociale Neurocognitie

6 EC

Semester 2, period 4

5102SONE6Y

Owner Bachelor Psychobiologie
Coordinator dr. Timo Stein
Part of Bachelor Psychobiologie, year 3

Course manual 2020/2021

Course content

In daily life, people function effortlessly within complex social structures. An important role is played here by observing, understanding and interacting with other people. In this course, students study the various social-cognitive processes involved in these social processes, and gain insight into neuroscientific studies that investigate how the brain supports such social functioning.

Study materials

Literature

  • The student's guide to social neuroscience - 2nd edition. Jamie Ward.

    Lecture slides and additional papers made available through Canvas.

Objectives

  • gather an overview of the different areas within social neuroscience and explain which social-cognitive processes play a role within that area.
  • describe the most important theoretical insights within each area
  • identify the relevant brain areas and/or networks within each area, and explain the role of the various brain areas within the social-cognitive process
  • explain how different experiments have demonstrated the importance of social-cognitive processes and/or brain regions/brain networks. This means that the student can explain the logic behind the design of the relevant experiments, and can indicate how the results of an experiment lead to specific conclusions about theories, social-cognitive processes and the corresponding brain areas.

Teaching methods

  • Seminar
  • Lecture

Learning activities

Activiteit

Aantal uur

Zelfstudie

168

Attendance

Programme's requirements concerning attendance (OER-B):

  • Participation in all practical (computer) sessions, field work and seminars in the curriculum is obligatory. Any additional requirements are described per component in the study guide. Here is also described what the possible consequences are of not complying with this obligation.

Assessment

Item and weight Details

Final grade

0.88 (88%)

Digitale Toets

0.06 (6%)

Assignment week 1

0.06 (6%)

Assignment week 2

Fraud and plagiarism

The 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' applies to this course. This will be monitored carefully. Upon suspicion of fraud or plagiarism the Examinations Board of the programme will be informed. For the 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' see: www.student.uva.nl

Course structure

Weeknummer Onderwerpen Studiestof
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Timetable

The schedule for this course is published on DataNose.

Exit qualifications

Via de Zichtbare Leerlijnen Creator kun je zien aan welke eindtermen de leerdoelen van deze cursus bijdragen en hoe de  vakleerdoelen, leerlijndoelen en eindtermen van de opleiding aan elkaar gekoppeld zijn:

https://datanose.nl/#program[BSc%20PB]/outcomes 

https://datanose.nl/#program[BSc%20PB]/trajectories

Additional information

(Most) lectures are given in English.

Processed course evaluations

Hieronder vind je de aanpassingen in de opzet van het vak naar aanleiding van de vakevaluaties.

Contact information

Coordinator

  • dr. Timo Stein

Staff