Syllabus Poll
Social Psychology - Sociology 3500
In order to co-create the syllabus as a learning community, we are going to answer the following questions as a community. This will be an anonymous poll.
- Please choose the 2nd most interesting course topic to you
- Please choose the 3rd most interesting course topic to you
- How many times in a quarter do you typically visit profs office hours
Course Topics
- Social Cognition - How We Think About the Social World
- Social Perception - How We Come to Understand Other People
- The Self-Understanding Ourselves in a Social Context
- The Need to Justify Our Actions - Costs/Benefits of Dissonance
- Attitudes and Attitude Change-Influencing Thoughts/Feelings
- Conformity - Influencing Behavior
- Group Processes- Influence in Social Groups
- Interpersonal Attraction - From First Impressions to Close Relationships
- Pro-social Behavior - Why Do People Help?
- Aggression - Why Do We Hurt Other People? Can We Prevent It?
- Prejudice- Causes, Consequences, and Cures
- Making a Difference with Social Psychology
- Social Psychology and Health
- Social Psychology and the Law