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Psychology, Health, and the Gender System

Code: 107009 ECTS Credits: 6
2025/2026
Degree Type Year
Sociocultural Gender Studies OB 2

Contact

Name:
Lidia Arroyo Prieto
Email:
lidia.arroyo@uab.cat

Teaching groups languages

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Prerequisites

There is no previous requeriments


Objectives and Contextualisation

  • Identify the biases in the knowledge production of hegemonic Psi Sciences and Health from the perspective of feminist intersectional STS (Science, Technology, and Society) studies.

  • Reflect on how the heteronormative and binary gender system operates in the construction of knowledge in the Psi Sciences and Health fields.

  • Understand and be able to articulate the concepts of feminist theories in a critical and well-founded way in the analysis of cases related to health and gender.

  • Identify how processes of subjectivation and gender regulation operate and their impact on well-being and discomfort in everyday life.

  • Analyze the theoretical and practical implications of applying an intersectional gender perspective in the fields of Health and Psychology.

  • Provide psychosocial knowledge and tools for analyzing professional practice in promoting feminist health, both within and beyond the healthcare system and social services.


Learning Outcomes

  1. CM03 (Competence) Put teamwork skills into practice: a commitment to the team, regular collaboration, encouraging problem solving.
  2. CM31 (Competence) Take part in developing psychological and psychosocial support projects, demonstrating ethical responsibility and respect for rights, diversity and democratic values without re-victimisation.
  3. CM32 (Competence) Evaluate the reproduction of sex/gender inequalities in the professional practice of psychology and in the academic sphere from a non-androcentric perspective.
  4. KM58 (Knowledge) Identify the main social determinants of gender on psychological health, depending on the group affected.
  5. KM59 (Knowledge) Understand the different perspectives of psychosocial and community intervention related to designs and actions surrounding health and gender.
  6. KM60 (Knowledge) Connect the different strategies of psychosocial and community intervention concerning the implications of the transformation of the impact of gender on health.
  7. KM62 (Knowledge) Identify different examples of gender violence and discomfort suffered by bodies and subjectivity, caused by the interaction between social inequalities and health and illness systems.
  8. SM51 (Skill) Identify public policies that affect equality in health and the principles of gender in order to draw up plans and reports related to the field of health.
  9. SM52 (Skill) Interpret plans aimed at achieving equality in health-related matters, as a result of applying the integrated gender perspective in health.
  10. SM53 (Skill) Conduct a basic comparison of the current scientific models of health and illness and how they relate to the sex/gender system.

Content

  1. Scientific paradigms from an intersectional gender perspective
  2. Psychology paradigms from a feminist perspective
  3. How are gender and binary inequalities and androcentrism (re)produced in medical sciences?
  4. Consequences of gender, binary, and racist biases in health
  5. The Psi sciences as mechanisms for regulating the binary and patriarchal gender system
  6. The construction of binary gender ideals: femininity–masculinity in Health Sciences
  7. Critical psychology from a feminist epistemology
  8. Dimensions and tools for the feminist promotion of health, both within and beyond the healthcare and social services systems
  9. Feminist ethics in professional practice of care in health and psychosocial intervention processes
  10. Neoliberal health: individualizing care responsibilities
  11. Autonomous/alternative feminist health practices

Activities and Methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Analytical and case studies Seminars 35 1.4
Documentation and materials search 15 0.6
Oral Lectures 35 1.4
Reading and analysis of the materials 30 1.2
Teamwork Project 30 1.2
Tutorships 5 0.2

The course will implement innovative teaching methodologies based on Case-Based Learning, the application of an interdisciplinary perspective, and co-assessment.

The subject will be developed through directed/supervised face-to-face sessions, independent work and tutorials. 

The face-to-face theory sessions will be dedicated to the presentation of the contents of the subject by the teaching staff with the active participation of the student group in their analysis and discussion.

The face-to-face practice sessions will be dedicated to seminars for the supervised resolution of three practical cases to deepen and apply the theory presented.

These seminars of three practical cases will count on the one hand, with group work of supervised analysis of practical cases carried out in teams of 5 people per class, with the active participation of the whole class; and on the other with independent individual work, reading and comprehensive and analytical study of texts, comprehensive and analytical viewing of audiovisuals, related to practical cases and theory. Individual independent work will be required that will be prior to the supervised case seminars, with the aim of preparing the work of analysis and resolution of practical cases as a team in class.

The practical cases will be about the analysis and definition of psychosocial strategies for the promotion of health and well-being from a feminist and fair perspective, both within the health and social services field, and outside it, either at the community, associative or everyday.

This course will also address the competence of critical and reflective use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. The use of AI will be allowed as part of the development of coursework, provided it is used critically and reflectively, and as long as the final output clearly reflects a significant contribution from the student in terms of analysis and personal reflection. Students must clearly indicate which parts have been generated using AI, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these tools influenced both the process and the final outcome of the assignment. Failure to be transparent about the use of AI will be considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in penalties on the assignment grade or more severe sanctions in serious cases.

Note: 15 minutes of a class will be reserved, within the calendar established by the center/degree, for students to fill in surveys to evaluate the performance of the teaching staff and to evaluate the subject .

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.


Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Active participation in the practical sessions 5 0 0 CM03, CM31, KM59, KM60
Analysis of Practical Case 1 15 0 0 CM03, CM31, SM51, SM52
Analysis of Practical Case 2 15 0 0 CM03, CM31, CM32, KM59
Analysis of Practical Case 3 15 0 0 CM03, CM31, KM58, KM60
Individual writing assessment 2 30 0 0 CM32, KM58, KM59, KM60, KM62, SM52, SM53
Writing test 1 20 0 0 KM59 

The software that will be used will be the usual:
										
											- The moodle classroom, for replenishment of subject materials, for assignments/evidence of learning, and for subject information and student discussion forums;
										
											- Assignments will be submitted in pdf format. whether it is in graphic or written form.
										
											
										
											- The EV4 which will be a quiz-type test, will be face-to-face or online (to be decided)
										
											- Teams (or others to be agreed) for non-face-to-face meetings.
										
											
										
											1. This subject is designed to follow CONTINUOUS assessment, the aim of which is for the student to know his academic progress throughout the training process, in order to allow him to improve it.
										
											
										
											The continuous assessment will consist of 4 ACTIVITIES or evidence of learning of TWO DIFFERENT TYPES: case studies and a test on conceptual aspects and theoretical reflection.
										
											
										
											At the time of carrying out each assessment activity, the teaching staff will inform you of the procedure and the date of review of the qualifications.
										
											
										
											2. However, students may request the single assessment, only in the PERIOD from September 18 to October 6. Given that both in continuous assessment and in the single assessment, the skills to be acquired are the same, the evidence of learning that will be requested in the single assessment will be the SAME 4 ACTIVITIES as in the continuous assessment.
										
											The single assessment will take place on the same day and place as the "Individual written test" indicated in the subject program accessible from the virtual campus (moodle). And all the contents of the subject will be evaluated in a maximum of 2 hours. There will be 1.15 hours for the written exam, and the rest of the case analysis activities will be delivered on that date, at the time of handing in the written exam.

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Software

The reference digital platform for the course will be the Moodle platform.

The use of open-source software is also encouraged, provided it is compatible.

This course will also focus on developing the competence of critical and reflective use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. The use of AI will be allowed as an integral part of the development of assignments in a critical and reflective manner, provided that the final result reflects a significant contribution from the student in terms of personal analysis and reflection.


Groups and Languages

Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.

Name Group Language Semester Turn
(PAUL) Classroom practices 1 Catalan/Spanish first semester morning-mixed
(TE) Theory 1 Catalan/Spanish first semester morning-mixed