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Course Topics
- Social Cognition - How We Think About the Social World
- Social Perception - How We Come to Understand Other People
- The Self-Understanding Ourselves in a Social Context
- The Need to Justify Our Actions - Costs/Benefits of Dissonance
- Attitudes and Attitude Change-Influencing Thoughts/Feelings
- Conformity - Influencing Behavior
- Group Processes- Influence in Social Groups
- Interpersonal Attraction - From First Impressions to Close Relationships
- Pro-social Behavior - Why Do People Help?
- Aggression - Why Do We Hurt Other People? Can We Prevent It?
- Prejudice- Causes, Consequences, and Cures
- Making a Difference with Social Psychology
- Social Psychology and Health
- Social Psychology and the Law