2024
Internship in Work, Organizational and Social Psychology
Name: Internship in Work, Organizational and Social Psychology
Code: PSI13248M
24 ECTS
Duration: 30 weeks/624 hours
Scientific Area:
Psychology
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
- Provide direct contact with the psychological practice in social, work and organizational contexts;
- Develop competencies of evaluation and psychological intervention in social, work and organizational contexts;
- Develop competences for an intervention promoting the integral development of the different actors in the context in which the internship takes place.
- Promote a close articulation between the practices and the underlying theoretical frameworks.
- Promote the capacity for analysis and critical reflection on the implemented practices.
- Develop communication skills for evaluation and intervention for various publics involved in the practice of social, work and organizational psychology.
- Promote the careful observation of ethical criteria in professional practice.
- Promote in psychological practice the skills that facilitate the transition to professional activity.
- Develop competencies of evaluation and psychological intervention in social, work and organizational contexts;
- Develop competences for an intervention promoting the integral development of the different actors in the context in which the internship takes place.
- Promote a close articulation between the practices and the underlying theoretical frameworks.
- Promote the capacity for analysis and critical reflection on the implemented practices.
- Develop communication skills for evaluation and intervention for various publics involved in the practice of social, work and organizational psychology.
- Promote the careful observation of ethical criteria in professional practice.
- Promote in psychological practice the skills that facilitate the transition to professional activity.
Contents
1. Individual intervention.
2. Group Intervention (referring to a team or organizational unit).
3. Intervention in the organization as a whole.
4. Intervention in the context of the organization's relationship with the outside world.
In this framework, there are two major areas of intervention:
A. Philosophical, strategic and political - participation in activities involving direct reflection on the philosophy, strategy or policies of the organization;
B. Technical and operational - participation in actions that directly mobilize technical skills of the work and organizational psychology.
2. Group Intervention (referring to a team or organizational unit).
3. Intervention in the organization as a whole.
4. Intervention in the context of the organization's relationship with the outside world.
In this framework, there are two major areas of intervention:
A. Philosophical, strategic and political - participation in activities involving direct reflection on the philosophy, strategy or policies of the organization;
B. Technical and operational - participation in actions that directly mobilize technical skills of the work and organizational psychology.
Teaching Methods
Teaching methodology: The activities of the practicum taking place at a host institution for 30 weeks. The internship activities are accompanied by a tutor in the institution and supervised by a supervisor of the department of Psychology. The practices performed by the trainees during the year are discussed with their training supervisor in weekly sessions of one hour.
Evaluation methodologies:
The evaluation takes into account the activities during the internship, professional and relational skills that the trainee has demonstrated and the final internship report. The final classification also takes into account the qualitative assessment provided by the tutor of the host institution. The final classification of each student is proposed by his or her supervisor and is always discussed in a meeting of the jury.
Evaluation methodologies:
The evaluation takes into account the activities during the internship, professional and relational skills that the trainee has demonstrated and the final internship report. The final classification also takes into account the qualitative assessment provided by the tutor of the host institution. The final classification of each student is proposed by his or her supervisor and is always discussed in a meeting of the jury.