PSYCH 3800

Social Cognition

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

How do we form and change our first impressions of other people? What kinds of events put us into happy versus sad moods?  What explains why we persist in holding stereotypes of groups?  Can we explain why we think an act is immoral?  This course addresses these types of questions (and many more!)  using social and cognitive psychological theory and methods.  Using a variety of sources – from empirical journal articles, textbooks, TED talks, and blog-posts – we examine cutting-edge psychological research on the causes and consequences of our own and other people's judgments, feelings, attitudes, and behaviors.  We use different teaching methods to accomplish these learning goals, including lectures, group activities, and small group discussions.

When Offered Fall, Winter, Summer (three-week session).

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: at least one psychology course.

Distribution Category (SBA-AS)

Comments Winter and summer classes taught via distance learning.

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