Social Psychology

Instructors

• Galen V Bodenhausen

Meeting Info

• Annenberg Hall G15 - TuTh 11:00AM - 12:20PM

Overview of class

• This course will be a comprehensive survey of social psychological research. We will cover all of the major topic areas of the field, including attitudes and social cognition (how we think about, understand, and evaluate the social environment), interpersonal processes (e.g., romantic attraction, social influence, helping, and aggression), and group processes (e.g., conformity, group performance, cooperation, competition, and prejudice).

Registration Requirements

• Prereq: Psychology 110

Teaching Method

• Lecture

Evaluation Method

• There will be two mid-term exams and a cumulative final exam. Students will also be required to complete numerous in-class writing exercises.

Class Materials (Required)

• Social Psychology (Eighth Edition) by Saul Kassin, Steven Fein & Hazel Markus. Wadsworth Publishers * ISBN-10: 0-495-81240-4 * ISBN-13: 978-0-495-81240-1

Class Attributes

• Social & Behavioral Sciences Distro Area
  
  Attendance at 1st class mandatory
  
  Prerequisites apply, see description
  
  No P/N option for this section
  
  

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