The course covers the following topics: methodology of social psychology; social cognition; emotion regulation; self-perception; the formation and alteration of attitudes, norms, stereotypes and biases; group processes, including groups’ influence on conformity and identity; attraction; and the influence of all the aforementioned processes on behaviour. 

By the end of the course, students should be able to...
• Explain how attitudes, norms, and stereotypes are formed;
• Understand how attitudes, goals, habits, and social norms relate to our concept of the self, others, and the world around us;
• Understand how attitudes, goals, habits, and social norms influence behaviour;
• Explain how the presence and behaviour of others can influence our own cognition and behaviour;
• Identify factors in the environment that promote pro- and antisocial behaviour.