Psychological & Brain Sciences 364 - Social Cognition And Emotion

This course provides a critical overview of major theories, research, and applications in social cognition and emotion. Topics include basic concepts in social cognition and emotion (e.g., automatic versus controlled processing, attention and encoding, memory), how we understand individuals and others (e.g., the self, attribution processes, heuristics, decision-making), how we make sense of society (e.g., attitudes, persuasion, stereotypes, prejudice), and how social cognition and emotions influence behavior. Satisfies the Integrative Experience requirement for PSYCH majors.

This course is open to PSYCH majors only. PSYCH 360