PSYC-520: Social Psychology

Class Program
Credits 3

This course covers the perennial themes in social psychology (including attitudes, stereotyping, conformity, power, aggression, prosocial behavior, the social self, emotions, group dynamics, and inter-group relations). The emphasis is on recent empirical and theoretical developments." Special attention will be given to evolutionary treatments of social-psychological phenomena. Research using primary sources will be emphasized and data processes that enable theoretical analysis.