Psychology 391H - S-Social Cognition-Honors

This seminar will examine how we make sense of ourselves, of other people, and of our social world, in general. This course will apply the theories used in a variety of areas in cognitive psychology (e.g. attention, memory and decision making) to questions and issues typically examined in social psychology. These questions include: How do we form impressions of others? Why are we attracted to certain people but not others? What kinds of information about people are important to us, and why? How do we explain our behavior; and how do we explain others' behavior? How do we organize all of this information about individuals and groups into something understandable? How do we form attitudes and stereotypes? Do our moods effect how we behave? Class meetings will include discussion, debates and exercises.

This class is open to Senior and Junior Commonwealth Honors College Psychology majors only Pre Req: PSYCH 240 & 241