Listed in: Psychology, as PSYC-203
Kyle Smith (Section 01)
The topic of this course is social cognition, a field that is concerned with the way in which our minds represent and process social information. Some of the topics we will be considering include: the processes that we use to categorize and interpret the social world, the nature of unconscious automatic social processes, when and how our emotions contaminate our judgments, the role that our physical bodies have in manipulating our mental processes, and the role of physiological measurements in understanding social cognition. In addition to instructor-led discussions, a substantial amount of class time will consist of student-led discussions of primary source readings. The course will also include a research project in which students will design, conduct, write up and present a group-based research project in the domain of social cognition. This class requires students to design, plan, and conduct original empirical research.
Requisite: PSYC 122. Limited to 15 students. Fall semester: Visiting Professor Smith.
Section 01
M 02:00 PM - 02:50 PM SCCE D303
W 02:00 PM - 02:50 PM SCCE D303
F 02:00 PM - 02:50 PM SCCE D303