Overview
Description
Nature of the person and of interpersonal relationships, their formation and maintenance and their institutional, ideological and societal contexts; empirical examination of beliefs, attitudes, influence.
Requirements
Prerequisites
PSY 101
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): PSY 101.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- explain research methods used by social psychologists: such as laboratory experiments, field experiments, surveys, observational or archival research and others.
- explain major theories of social behavior offered by social psychologists: such as dissonance theory; theories of bystander intervention; dual process theories of thinking and persuasion; attachment theory; and others.
- explain specific research methods and some individual studies testing these theories.
- explain how social psychological theories and research are used to study and understand important thinking and behavior in applied domains such as law, business, environment, health and others.