HPS774 - Social Psychology

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes: Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Trimester 3: 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. Postgraduate students not enrolled in H603 must seek approval before enrolling into this 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.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Scheduled learning activities - campus

Trimester 1:

Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
1 x 1 hour online lecture per week 
1 x 2 hour on-campus or online seminar per fortnight in weeks 1, 3, 5, 9 and 11

Scheduled learning activities - online

Trimester 3:

1 x 1 hour online lecture per week 
1 x 2 hour online seminar per fortnight in weeks 1, 3, 5, 9 and 11

Note:

Drop-in Q&A online sessions will be scheduled throughout the trimester; see the unit cloud site for more details. 

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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