PSYC 231: Social Psychology

PSYC 231-K01: Social Psychology
(Spring 2021)

02:00 PM to 04:40 PM M

Mason Korea (119 Songdomunhwa-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Korea) G106

Section Information for Spring 2021

We humans have a very long history, but social psychology has a very short one—barely more than a century. Using varied research methods, we have amassed significant insights into belief and illusion, love and hate, conformity and independence. Much about human behavior remains a mystery, yet social psychology now offers partial answers to many intriguing questions:

-How does our thinking—both conscious and unconscious—drive our behavior?

-What leads people sometimes to hurt and sometimes to help one another?

-What creates social conflict, and how can we transform closed fists into helping hands?

Answering these and many other questions—our mission in the class—expands our self-understanding and sensitizes us to the social forces that work upon us.

The class aspires to offer students a unique learning experience that is solidly scientific and warmly human, factually rigorous, and intellectually provocative. We will reveal important social phenomena as well as cover how scientists discover and explain such social phenomena.

One of our goals will be to stimulate students’ thinking—their motivation to inquire, to analyze, to relate principles to everyday happenings.

Looking forward to seeing you in class! 

Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Study of human behavior development in a social matrix, including such topics as socialization, cultural behavior, group norms, and attitude formation. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Social/Behavioral Sciences
Recommended Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or permission of instructor.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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