PSY 2510 - Social Psychology

• Students will be able to analyze theories, research methods and findings (outcomes), and applications developed by psychologists and made available through textbooks, newspapers, professional and lay periodicals, and the Internet.
• Students will be able to describe the basic psychological theories, principles, and concepts explaining social cognition, attitude formation, decision making, group processes, prosocial behavior, conformity/obedience and stereotyping/prejudice.
• Students will be able to explain how human behavior is influenced by such social factors as groups, authority figures, in-group bias, gender roles, cognitive dissonance, etc.
• Students will be able to analyze the outcomes of various social situations through application of social psychology principles (for example, attributions, cognitive dissonance, in-group/out-group behavior, etc.).
• Students will be able to apply knowledge of theory as well as current and past research in social psychology to situations in everyday life such as interpersonal and group relations.
• Students will be able to apply major concepts and methods of the field to understand interpersonal and group relationships.