Social Psychology (SOP)

Survey of methods, empirical findings, and theoretical interpretations in the study of individual behavior and group processes. Topics include persuasion, stereotyping, aggression, altruism, and social influence.

Explores the influences of environment on behavior. Topics considered include crowding, privacy, territorial behavior, environmental design, and pollution effects.

The purpose of the course is to study psychology and its interactions with the legal system. Psychologists have become increasingly involved in legal issues such as the prediction of violence, insanity, competency, jury selection and size, and the reliability of witnesses.

Terrorism is a challenging issue that defies easy explanation. This class covers classic and contemporary approaches to the psychology of terrorism and draws on empirical research to provide a comprehensive understanding of the psychology of terrorism, including its motivations, behaviors, and sociocognitive processes.

This is an advanced course designed to introduce students to the scientific study of human sexuality. The variety of topics covered each semester will differ based on student choices of sexual topics and psychological theories.

Selected topics in social psychology provides opportunities for in-depth study of topics related to social psychology that are not covered in other courses.

Social Cognition focuses on the area of psychology that deals with how cognition interacts with the social world. The course will focus on examining main topics within social psychology through a cognitive perspective.