Courses

    Covers general psychological principles underlying social behavior. Analyzes major social psychological theories, methods, and topics, including attitudes, conformity, aggression, attraction, social perception, helping behavior, and group relations. Prereq., PSYC 1001. Approved for GT-SS3. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies.

    Offers a psychological study of structure, organization, and development of the person as a whole. Analysis of major theories, methods, and research, including topics such as emotion, motivation, temperament, inner experience, identity and the self, personality change, and the influence of sociocultural context. Prereqs., PSYC 1001 and PSYC 2606, and PSYC 3101 or 3111 (all minumum grade C-). Formerly PSYC 4456. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
    Introduces the study of judgment and decision making processes (estimation, prediction and diagnosis, choice under certainty, and risky decision making) and the methods that have been developed to improve these processes (statistical modeling, decision analysis, and expert systems). Prereqs., PSYC 1001, 2606 and 3101 or PYSC 3111. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Psychology (PSYC) majors only.
    Introduces the study of social psychological processes, emphasizing the social cognition perspective (e.g., stereotyping, person perception, theory of planned behavior) and the methods utilized in studying these processes. Students will complete research projects as part of the course. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of PSYC 2606 and PSYC 2111 or PSYC 3111 (all minimum grade C-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Psychology (PSYC) majors only.
    In-depth study of selected topics in social psychology. Particular section content each semester is determined by the instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours, provided the topics vary. Prereqs., PSYC 1001, 2606, 3101 or 3111. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Psychology (PSYC) majors only.
    Provides a thorough introduction to methods and theories in social psychology concerned with topics such as the self, social cognition, judgment and decision making, attitude formation and change, small group processes, inter-group relations, health and social psychology, and others. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Prereq., instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Covers a range of topics important for professional development in social psychology, including preparation and delivery of research presentations, preparation of grant proposals and manuscripts, and peer review of manuscripts. Intended to prepare students for careers as research scientists. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Selected topics in the area of social-personality psychology. Students may register for more than one section of this course within the term and/or within their graduate career. These seminars may be on one of the following topics: stereotyping and prejudice, social neuroscience, person perception, social psychology and the self, health and social psychology, race and ethnic identity, or social cognition. May be repeated up to 8 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.