85-241 Social Psychology

Units: 9.0 Department: Psychology Related URLs: http://www.psy.cmu.edu/ The focus of this course will be on how peoples behavior, feelings and thoughts are influenced or determined by their social environment. The course will begin with lectures and readings on how social psychologists go about studying social behavior. Next, various topics on which social psychologists have done research will be covered. These topics will include: person perception, prejudice and discrimination, the nature of attitudes and how attitudes are formed and changed, interpersonal attraction, conformity, compliance, altruism, aggression, group behavior, and applications of psychology to problems in health care, law, politics, and the environment. Through readings and lectures on these topics, students will also be exposed to social psychological theories.

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Spring 2005 times

Sec	Time	Day	Instructor	Location
A	12:00 - 1:20 pm	T	Boyd	BH A51
		R	Boyd	BH A51