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SOC 725

Socialization

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelGraduate
Standard

Overview

Description

Social psychological approaches to the individual, including field theory, theories of balance and congruency, and other conceptual approaches to social perception, interpersonal attraction and stability of personality.

Units

Lecture3

Learning Outcomes

  • identify important theories, findings and controversies pertaining to human socialization, and describe major insight from different areas of socialization research.
  • demonstrate familiarity with major empirical research methods in social psychological research on human socialization.
  • demonstrate analytical skills in examining and critiquing theory and research pertaining to social psychological research on socialization.