PCO 641 - Social Psychology & Individual Diversity

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This course examines, from a diversity perspective, the theories and concepts of social psychology. Factors related to individual and group identity such as age, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and health status are examined to facilitate an understanding of the nature of human behavior in groups, institutions, and organizations. The course also considers society’s role, and the role of the dominant culture, in the construction and evolution of the self. Multiple determinants of behavior are addressed. Through a variety of interactive learning methods, the following broad themes in social psychology are explored: Social forces on behavior, Diversity and difference, Attitudes, Motivation, Social Perception and Cognition, Power and social influence, Self & Self Presentation.