Topics to be covered:
1. Concepts and methods
2. The self
3. Attitudes and persuasion
4. Attitudes and behaviour
5. Perceiving individuals
6. Perceiving groups
7. Social identity
8. Aggression and conflict
9. Helping and cooperation
10. Liking and loving
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES:
On completion of this module the student will be able to:
1. define social psychology and its fundamental axioms;
2. demonstrate awareness of historical development of social psychology as a discipline;
3. describe the motivational and processing principles that guide social perception and behaviour;
4. define key constructs in each of the topic areas covered;
5. describe and compare/evaluate key theories in each of the topic areas covered; and
6. apply key constructs to real-world contexts (e.g., media).