HPS774 - Social Psychology

Year:	2023 unit information
Enrolment modes:	Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Cloud (online) Trimester 3: Cloud (online)
Credit point(s):	1
EFTSL value:	0.125
Cohort rule:	This unit is at a postgraduate level and students enrolled in undergraduate courses cannot undertake it. PG students must check with their course adviser before enrolling in the unit.
Previously:	Human Social Behaviour
Prerequisite:	Nil
Corequisite:	Nil
Incompatible with:	HPS204
Study commitment	Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
Scheduled learning activities - campus	Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online 1 x 1 hour class (online) per week 1 x 30 minute Q & A (online) per week 1 x 2 hour seminar (campus) per fortnight (weeks 1, 3, 5, 9, 11)
Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online)	Trimester 3: 1 x 1 hour class (online) per week 1 x 30 minute Q & A (online) per week 1 x 2 hour seminar (campus) per fortnight (weeks 1, 3, 5, 9, 11)

Content

This Unit covers the main theories and research methods of social psychology. Topics include: research methods and ethical issues in social psychology; social cognition; attribution; nature and measurement of attitudes; changing attitudes; conformity and social change; group processes and decision-making; prejudice and intergroup behaviour; culture; self and identity; aggression; attraction and close relationships; and prosocial behaviour.

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