PSYC 215 — Social Psychology
This course introduces the major classic and contemporary theories and research in social psychology. One definition of social psy chology is that it represents " an attempt to understand and explain how the thought, feeling, and behavior of individ uals are influenced by the actual, imagined , or implied presence of others " (Allport, 1985). Defined more broadly, social psychologists study social behavior. This course investigates the mental processes, situational factors, individual differences, and g roup phenomena that influence the way people interact with other people. Prerequisite(s): ENGL-100 or ENGL-101, PSYC-100 Corequisite(s): none