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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. |