| Course ID: | PSYC 6200. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Advanced Social Psychology |
Course
Description: | Ethics in social research, social factors in perception, attitude formation and change, cognitive theories, group structure and process, ideology and personality, and social motivation. |
| Oasis Title: | ADVANCED SOCIAL PSY |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in PSYC 6640 |
| Prerequisite: | Permission of department |
Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | By the end of this course, students should have learned:
1. About the domain of social psychology with emphasis on critical evaluation of
research
2. How people are influenced by both other people and the situations in which they
find themselves
3. That, to a larger extent than commonly recognized, people's responses are shaped
by the immediate features of their social situations, rather than merely
reflecting their individual personalities
4. That personality factors interact with social situations to produce behavior
5. About the ways in which the study of social behavior is (and is not) scientific
6. How to understand and appreciate an empirical study in behavioral science |
| Topical Outline: | The following topics may be covered in a particular class. This list is neither
comprehensive nor exhaustive but illustrates the range of topics that comprise
the field of social psychology.
1. Social Perception
2. Social Cognition
3. Attitudes
4. Prejudice
5. Attraction
6. Close Relationships
7. Aggression
8. Prosocial Behavior
9. Applied Social Psychology |