Soc Psych & Soc Resp

Catalog description

This course emphasizes understanding the core topics in social psychology along with their application to issues of mental health, interpersonal processes, and interventions. We will consider issues such as society’s role in defining mental illness, the nature and nurture of social roles, gender and diversity issues, perception and attribution, persuasion, violence, attitudes and motivated reasoning, stigma, and their application to bringing about a better world.