Course Description
The relationship between individuals and groups, as it shapes the development of social competence, personality, self-concept, motivation, attitudes, and cognition.
Athena Title
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Prerequisite
SOCI 1101 or SOCI 1101H or SOCI 2600 or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
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.
Topical Outline
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
Syllabus