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PSY 216: Social Psychology (3 Credits)
Professors: Cuda, Hubbard, Lynch, Boland

Overview

Psychology 216 is a WEB-based course designed to give students a basic overview of social psychology including knowledge of significant theories, concepts, contributors, and research methods in social psychology. Topic areas will include:

  • The Self
  • Perceiving Persons
  • Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
  • Attitudes
  • Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
  • Group Processes
  • Attraction and Close Relationships
  • Helping Others
  • Aggression
  • Application of social psychology to law, business, and health

Learning requires understanding and remembering new ideas and information, and the first assignment in each unit provides presentations and exercises to help you do this.  But meaningful learning also requires analyzing and comparing new ideas and information to what we and others know, applying new ideas to real life, and assessing the value of what we are learning.  Therefore, the course includes assignments that involve applying and discussing what you are studying.  This requires that everyone work through the course on the same weekly schedule and, participate in the discussion forums in a certain time frame. 

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Objectives

 

If you complete this course and do well, you will be able to:

  • Identify and describe basic social psychological theories and concepts. 
  • Explain behavior and mental processes in terms of the social psychological theoretical concepts.
  • Apply knowledge of human behavior and mental processes to everyday interactions.
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Materials

 

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Grading
 

Your course grade will be determined by the following assignments:

Assignments
Points
Syllabus quiz
12
Plagiarism quiz
18
7 written assignments @ 20 points
140
Group project
50
5 discussion forums @ 20 points
100
3 exams @ 100 points
300
Total
620

Your final grade will be based on the following scale. Please note that you must also pass at least 2 of the 3 exams with a score of 60% in order to pass the course, in addition to having a total number of points above passing level.

Grading Scale
A
558-620 points
90-100 %
B
496-557 points
80-89 %
C
434-495 points
70-79 %
D
372-433 points
60-69 %
F
0-371 points
0-59 %
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Exams

 

There are 3 exams in this course.

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ELI Policies and Procedures

 
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Contacting the Instructor

 

We are here to help you succeed in this course. Occasionally questions or problems may arise. Here is how to contact us when they do:

Instructor Email Telephone
Lina Cuda lcuda@nvcc.edu  
Dominique Hubbard dhubbard@nvcc.edu  
Molly Lynch mlynch@nvcc.edu 703-257-6533

You may also call us to schedule a meeting in person, either at ELI or at our campus offices. 

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Beginning the Course

 

Last Updated: September 14, 2011