Social Psychology

Catalog description

Advisory: PSYC C1000 and/or SOCI C1000 with a grade of C or higher <br> Advisory: Essay-writing skills and eligibility to enroll in a transfer-level English Composition course. <br> <br> This course is a study of human interaction. The focus is on the individual within a social context. Topics such as attitude formation, conformity, obedience to authority, liking and loving, gender, age, cultural diversity, prejudice, discrimination and stereotyping, pro-social behavior and altruism, aggression, power and leadership, groupthink and deindividuation, and conflict resolution and peacemaking are explored. In addition, the research methods and theories used by social psychologists are discussed. This course may be offered in a distance education format.