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SOC 733

Social Cognition

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelGraduate
Standard

Overview

Description

General principles of how people process information and make sense of their social environment; applications to social judgement, motivation, interaction, relationships, stereotyping and intergroup relations.

Units

Lecture3

Learning Outcomes

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