Theories of Social Psych

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The goal of the course is to develop a sophisticated ability to critically evaluate, constructively generate, and utilize theoretical perspectives in social psychology. The first part of the course will review philosophy of science and social psychological perspectives on the role, construction, and evaluation of theory. The second part of the course will review classical and recent social psychological theories in several areas, including theories of cognitive consistency, theories of self, theories of social comparison, social identity, and shared reality, theories of motivated social cognition, and theories of ideology, society, and social culture.