Advisory:  PSYC 1A and/or SOC 1; eligibility for ENGL 1A

Class Hours:  54 lecture total (when offered in the Distance Education format, hours will total 162)

This course is a study of human interaction.  The focus is on the individual within the social context.  Topics such as attitude formation, conformity, obedience to authority, liking and loving, gender, age, and cultural diversity, prejudice, discrimination and stereotyping, pro-social behavior and altruism, aggression, power and leadership, groupthink and deindividuation, conflict resolution and peacemaking are explored.  In addition, the research methods and theories used by social psychologists are discussed.  Equipment and skills to access the Internet will be useful.  This course is also taught as an Internet course.

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