(Excerpt from: 2009/2010 McGill Undergraduate Calendar). 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:  D. Taylor

Prerequisite:  A course in introductory psychology.

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

Texts:  Social Psychology, Second Canadian Edition, David G. Myers and Steven J. Spencer. McGraw Hill Ryerson. 2004.

 The Quest for Identity: From Minority Groups to Generation Xers.  Donald M. Taylor. New York: Prager, 2002.

Method:   There will be three lectures each week.

Evaluation:   One mid-term exam, one project and a final exam for fall term. 

Supplemental:   Supplemental exam will be offered.