This course introduces a social psychological perspective on organized life in 
society:  its central concepts, principles, and ways of thinking.  On completion
of this course, students should: (1) be familiar with basic concepts, principles,
and theories; (2) be able to apply a social psychological perspective to selected
sociological topics and phenomena; (3) be familiar with selected research methods 
and approaches to assessing the validity of social psychological hypotheses; and 
4) be familiar with some classic social psychological studies and findings.

This course also introduce students to computer simulation software such as INTERACT
and X-NET.

Students will be asked to demonstrate their mastery of the course content in written
work that is appropriate for an academic context.

Students will be asked to demonstrate their mastery of the course content in speech
that is appropriate for an academic context.

The following topics may be covered in this course:

 1.	Perspectives and Methods
 2.	Processes of Socialization
 3.	Language and Symbolic Communication
 4.	The Social Self
 5.	The Social Construction of Reality
 6.	Attitudes and Behavior
 7.	Social Structure and Personality
 8.	Prosocial and Antisocial Behaviors
 9.	Liking and Loving
10.	Gender, Sexuality, and the Self
11.	Race, Ethnicity, and the Self
12.	Small Group Processes

All students must be familiar with university policy on cheating.