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2016-2017 Academic Catalog 
    
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PSY 357 - Introduction to Social Psychology


(5-0-5)
(Prerequisite: PSY 101 )
This course is an overview of the field of social psychology and covers many sub-areas of research related to social behavior - how a person’s thoughts, feelings, and actions are affected by others. Topics to be covered include the following: theories and methods of social psychology; person perception, social cognition and attribution; social aspects of nonverbal and verbal communication; forming, maintaining and changing attitudes; prejudice and discrimination; interpersonal attraction; pro-social behavior; aggression; social influence; and group processes and group behavior.



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