(3 lectures) (Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PSYC 330, MGCR 221 or SOCI 216) The course offers students an overview of the major topics in social psychology. Three levels of analysis are explored beginning with individual processes (e.g., attitudes, attribution), then interpersonal processes (e.g., attraction, communication, love) and finally social influence processes (e.g., conformity, norms, roles, reference groups).

Instructor: John Lydon
Time: R 17:35-20:25
Location: LEA 132

Content:  The course offers students an overview of the major topics in social psychology. The course will be divided into three major sections. These are presented below along with a sampling of the topics to be covered.

 Section I:  Individual Processes
 (1)  Attitudes
 (2)  Attribution
 (3)  Self-concept

 Section II:  Interpersonal Processes
 (1)  Interpersonal attraction
 (2)  Communication
 (3)  Love

 Section III:  Social Influence Processes
 (1)  Conformity
 (2)  Norms and roles: Women or men's liberation
 (3)  Reference Groups