Psychology

This course demonstrates how social psychology can illuminate our understanding of social relationships and processes. It introduces the history, theories, and methods of social psychology and encourages a critical view of social psychological research. The course reviews classic and recent social psychology studies on social influence, interpersonal attraction, social cognition, aggression, and prejudice. Prerequisites for this course include Introduction to Psychology and Introduction to Research.

This course provides an overview of theory and research on close relationships. With an emphasis on empirical evidence, students focus on how relationship dynamics meaningfully influence human psychology, and vice versa. Students examine how relationship processes relate to multiple areas of psychology (e.g., biological, cognitive, developmental, social), with particular attention to the social level. 

This course examines cultural psychology and focuses on how it is relevant in an increasingly globalized world. It covers colonialism and how it shaped our psychological understanding of ourselves and others; how racism and stereotyping are psychological phenomena that interfere with successful globalization today; and how cultures’ different set of moral values often conflict with one another.

This course analyzes group dynamics, teamwork, conflict management, and strategies for negotiation and integration in small and large groups. It examines the current psycho-social perspective used to study groups.