Seminar in Social Psychology

By Rebekah Ellis

The research on teaching and learning is very clear. If you give the course material to students, and they are able to discuss it, they are far more likely to learn that material. A seminar does that. It gives you the knowledge you need, knowledge that was gathered from the social research process, and then allows students to enter into discussions with other students about not only what that knowledge means, but also how it is and can be applied in people's lives. Topics we cover in this text are what is social psychology and how was it founded? Why was it founded? We will look at the major social psychological theorists who helped found the discipline as we as the major social psychological methods used to discover social facts. Social psychology is not about the development of the self in a vacuum entirely the result of nature or biology. We do not live isolated lives on deserted islands where we would be unable to interact with others and develop an identity. It is the interaction of nature and nurture that allow us to develop our sense of self--who we are and what led us to the self-concept we have of our self. Social interaction has a huge part to play in our development as unique individuals. We will also investigate our social interactions with our social environment, issues of conformity and deviance, prejudice, attitudes and behaviors, the groups to which we belong, attraction and intimacy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1535057971
• ISBN13: 9781535057974
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 327 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"