Psychology 372 - EXPERIMENTAL STUD/SOCIAL BEHAV

Topic: Person Perception and Social Cognition. This research course will examine how we perceive other people, categorize and evaluate them and make sense of their behavior. Basic research (both current and classic) in the field of social cognition will be emphasized, and applications of research will also be addressed. Major topics may include social beliefs, attribution, attraction, stereotyping, prejudice, social encoding, person memory, and perceptions of nonverbal behavior. This course will examine how we do research in person perception/social cognition, primarily by actually designing and conducting research, but also by reading about and discussing
methodological issues. Students will complete two projects. Prerequisites: MTH 190/PSY 201 and PSY 202 or the permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 16.

Topic: Person Perception and Social Cognition. Instructor Permission. Not open to first-years, sophomores