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Twin Cities Campus

Political Psychology Minor

School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Political Science Department
Psychology
College of Liberal Arts
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Department of Political Science, 1414 Social Sciences Building, 267 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0410 (612-626-7489; fax: 612-626-7599)
Email: ppcenter@umn.edu
Website: http://www.polisci.umn.edu/cspp/minor.php
  • Program Type: Graduate free-standing minor
  • Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2016
  • Length of program in credits (doctoral): 22
  • This program does not require summer semesters for timely completion.
Note: This minor is available to doctoral students only. Political psychology is a rapidly advancing field of scientific inquiry concerned with psychological aspects of political behavior. It encompasses a variety of interdisciplinary research perspectives, drawing on the theories and methods of core disciplines such as psychology, political science, law, and sociology, as well as interdisciplinary fields such as mass communication and decision sciences. The minor's structured curriculum provides a foundation in basic areas of political psychology: social attitudes and cognition, judgment and decision making, group relations, personality and leadership, mass communication, public opinion, mass political behavior, and political socialization. In addition to providing a background in political psychology, the program trains students in the theory and methods useful to this field, such as content analysis, survey analysis, and experimental design. The faculty is drawn from across the University.
Program Delivery
  • via classroom (the majority of instruction is face-to-face)
Prerequisites for Admission
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the General Information section of this website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
Program Sub-plans
Students are required to complete one of the following sub-plans.
Students may not complete the program with more than one sub-plan.
Doctoral
1) Political Psychology Proseminar Requirement
Take at least two semesters of the proseminar.
POL 8307 - Proseminar in Political Psychology I (2.0 cr)
or POL 8308 - Proseminar in Political Psychology II (2.0 cr)
PSY 8211 - Proseminar in Political Psychology I (2.0 cr)
PSY 8212 - Proseminar in Political Psychology II (2.0 cr)
2) Political Psychology Course Requirement
POL 8311 - Political Psychology and Socialization (3.0 cr)
3) Social Cognition Course Requirement
PSY 8201 - Social Cognition (3.0 cr)
4) Methodology Requirement
Take 6 to 8 methodology course credits. Courses from political science or other departments may also be acceptable in addition to the course options listed below. Consult with the Political Psychology director of graduate studies prior to enrolling in a course to confirm it satisfies this requirement.
EPSY 5621 {Inactive} (3.0 cr)
EPSY 5262 - Intermediate Statistical Methods (3.0 cr)
or POL 8106 - Quantitative Political Science I (3.0 cr)
POL 8107 - Quantitative Political Science II (3.0 cr)
or PSY 8814 - Analysis of Psychological Data (4.0 cr)
PSY 8815 - Analysis of Psychological Data (4.0 cr)
or STAT 5021 - Statistical Analysis (4.0 cr)
STAT 5302 - Applied Regression Analysis (4.0 cr)
5) Elective Coursework
Take at least 6 credits from the following list, or contact the Political Psychology director of graduate studies. ** Students with sufficient background and previous courses experience equivalent to one or more courses within the curriculum may apply for a waiver of the appropriate requirements and replace waived courses with additional electives to meet the 6-credit minimum.
Take 6 or more credit(s) from the following:
· AFRO 8202 - Seminar: Intellectual History of Race (3.0 cr)
· AFRO 8554 - Seminar: Gender, Race, Nation, and Policy--Perspectives from Within the African Diaspora (3.0 cr)
· COMM 5221 - Media, Race, and Identity (3.0 cr)
· COMM 5401 {Inactive} (3.0 cr)
· COMM 5402 {Inactive} (3.0 cr)
· COMM 5411 - Small Group Communication Research (3.0 cr)
· COMM 5431 - The Process of Persuasion (3.0 cr)
· COMM 5441 - Communication in Human Organizations (3.0 cr)
· COMM 5617 - History and Criticism of U.S. Public Discourse: 1630-1865 (3.0 cr)
· COMM 8402 - Seminar: Interpersonal Communication (3.0 cr)
· COMM 8403 - Seminar: Emotion and Communication (3.0 cr)
· EPSY 8113 - The Psychology of Scientific Reasoning (3.0 cr)
· EPSY 8132 - Personality Development and Socialization (3.0 cr)
· IDSC 8721 - Behavioral Decision Theory (3.0 cr)
· IDSC 8722 - Heuristic Decision Making (2.0 cr)
· JOUR 5251 - Strategic Communication Theory (3.0 cr)
· JOUR 5501 - Communication, Public Opinion, and Social Media (3.0 cr)
· JOUR 8514 - Seminar: Advanced Mass Communication Theories (3.0 cr)
· JOUR 8650 - Seminar: Psychology of Media Effects (3.0 cr)
· JOUR 8651 - Seminar: Mass Communication, Audiences, and Society (3.0 cr)
· JOUR 8661 - Seminar: Mediated Political Communication in the Digital Age (3.0 cr)
· JOUR 8681 - Seminar: International Media Perspectives (3.0 cr)
· LAW 6831 - Law, Race, and Social Psychology (3.0 cr)
· NSCI 5101 - Neurobiology I: Molecules, Cells, and Systems (3.0 cr)
· PA 5012 - The Politics of Public Affairs (3.0 cr)
· PA 5106 {Inactive} (1.0-3.0 cr)
· PA 5301 - Population Methods & Issues for the United States & Global South (3.0 cr)
· PA 5401 - Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy (3.0 cr)
· PA 5421 - Racial Inequality and Public Policy (3.0 cr)
· PA 5711 - Science, Technology & Environmental Policy (3.0 cr)
· PA 5801 - Global Public Policy (3.0 cr)
· PA 8821 {Inactive} (3.0 cr)
· POL 8302 - Public Opinion and Political Behavior (3.0 cr)
· POL 8402 - International Security (3.0 cr)
· POL 8641 - Comparative Mass Political Behavior (3.0 cr)
· PSY 5014 - Psychology of Human Learning and Memory (3.0 cr)
· PSY 5101H - Honors: Personality: Current Theory and Research (3.0 cr)
· PSY 5202 - Attitudes and Social Behavior (3.0 cr)
· PSY 5205 - Applied Social Psychology (3.0 cr)
· PSY 5207 - Personality and Social Behavior (3.0 cr)
· PSY 8203 - Impression Management (3.0 cr)
· PSY 8204 - Social Psychology of Prejudice and Intergroup Relations (3.0 cr)
· PSY 8205 - Principles of Social Psychology (3.0 cr)
· PSY 8208 - Social Psychology: The Self (3.0 cr)
· PSY 8210 - Law, Race, and Social Psychology (3.0 cr)
 
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POL 8307 - Proseminar in Political Psychology I
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies: Pol 8307/Psy 8211
Grading Basis: S-N or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
Readings, discussion, and guest speakers. Topics vary by semester. prereq: Grad pol sci major or pol psych minor or instr consent
POL 8308 - Proseminar in Political Psychology II
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies: Pol 8308/Psy 8212
Typically offered: Every Spring
Readings, discussion, and guest speakers. Topics vary by semester.
PSY 8211 - Proseminar in Political Psychology I
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies: Pol 8307/Psy 8211
Grading Basis: S-N or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Readings, discussion, and guest speakers. Topics vary each semester.
PSY 8212 - Proseminar in Political Psychology II
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies: Pol 8308/Psy 8212
Grading Basis: S-N or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Readings, discussion, and guest speakers. Topics vary each semester.
POL 8311 - Political Psychology and Socialization
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Introduction to political psychology. Personality and politics; political cognition, emotion, and political behavior; political expertise; media and politics; aggression, authoritarianism, and political behavior; altruism and politics. prereq: Grad pol sci major or pol psych minor or instr consent
PSY 8201 - Social Cognition
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall
Social psychological theory/research on social inference and reasoning processes. Psychology of prejudice/stereotyping. prereq: Psych PhD candidate
EPSY 5262 - Intermediate Statistical Methods
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Application of statistical concepts/procedures. Analysis of variance, covariance, multiple regression. Experimental design: completely randomized, block, split plot/repeated measures. prereq: 3264 or 5261 or equiv
POL 8106 - Quantitative Political Science I
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
This course provides a thorough grounding in the quantitative analysis of political science data. The emphasis is on how to analyze such data, interpret statistical results, and summarize and report the findings. By the end of the term you will (1) know how to describe variables; (2) test hypotheses; (3) use measures of association to quantify the relationship between two variables while holding a third variable constant; (4) understand bivariate regression and the basics of multiple regression; (5) understand reliability and validity and how to assess these properties empirically; and (6) know how to use the STATA statistical software program. prereq: political science grad major or instr consent
POL 8107 - Quantitative Political Science II
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Multiple linear regression model applied to political science data. How to use regression techniques to analyze data, interpret statistical results, and summarize/report the findings. Estimation of model. Underlying assumptions. Inference. Model diagnostics. Extensions of model. prereq: Political science grad major or instr consent
PSY 8814 - Analysis of Psychological Data
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Data-analytic procedures used in psychological research. Types of variables used in psychological research. Data collection designs, their limitations. Procedures for analyzing experimental/non-experimental data, both univariate and multivariate. Emphasizes selection of data-analytic procedures. Procedures and their assumptions. Computation using statistical software. Limitations, interpretation. Lecture, lab. prereq: Undergrad course in statistics, grad student in psychology, instr consent
PSY 8815 - Analysis of Psychological Data
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Data-analytic procedures used in psychological research. Types of variables used in psychological research. Data collection designs, their limitations. Procedures for analyzing experimental/non-experimental data, both univariate and multivariate. Emphasizes selection of data-analytic procedures. Procedures and their assumptions. Computation using statistical software. Limitations, interpretation. Lecture, lab. prereq: 8814, instr consent
STAT 5021 - Statistical Analysis
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Intensive introduction to statistical methods for graduate students needing statistics as a research technique. prereq: college algebra or instr consent; credit will not be granted if credit has been received for STAT 3011
STAT 5302 - Applied Regression Analysis
Credits: 4.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Simple, multiple, and polynomial regression. Estimation, testing, prediction. Use of graphics in regression. Stepwise and other numerical methods. Weighted least squares, nonlinear models, response surfaces. Experimental research/applications. prereq: 3032 or 3022 or 4102 or 5021 or 5102 or instr consent Please note this course generally does not count in the Statistical Practice BA or Statistical Science BS degrees. Please consult with a department advisor with questions.
AFRO 8202 - Seminar: Intellectual History of Race
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
At its heart, the 8202 seminar is about dialogue, interrogating scholarship on race, intellectual history, and knowledge production. We will be in deep conversation with one another as we negotiate meaning around the intellectual history of race. Dialogue, indeed, is at the heart of this graduate seminar experience. Given the multidisciplinary composition of the students and content in 8202, we build together to form a learning whole in a remote format. Central to our work is excavating the 500 year legacy of race thought and making into the contemporary period.
AFRO 8554 - Seminar: Gender, Race, Nation, and Policy--Perspectives from Within the African Diaspora
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Interdisciplinary analysis of U.S. domestic and foreign policies as they affect Africans and peoples of African descent in the diaspora. Intersections of gender, race, nation, and class. prereq: instr consent
COMM 5221 - Media, Race, and Identity
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall
Critical media studies perspective on cultural politics of race and ethnicity. Social construction of race, politics of racism, media representations of race. prereq: 3211 or instr consent
COMM 5411 - Small Group Communication Research
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Spring
Survey of small group communication research; theory and practice. Group decision-making and leadership. prereq: 3411 or instr consent
COMM 5431 - The Process of Persuasion
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Communication campaigns (e.g., advertising, political) illustrating persuasive processes and theories. Research paper required. prereq: 3431
COMM 5441 - Communication in Human Organizations
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Communication in organizational settings. Organizational structure and dynamics and their effect upon the communication process. Individual projects.
COMM 5617 - History and Criticism of U.S. Public Discourse: 1630-1865
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall
How discourse has been used to establish or maintain power. Speeches and public debates used to examine American public address from 17th century (e.g., Puritan sermons) to the Civil War. prereq: Jr
COMM 8402 - Seminar: Interpersonal Communication
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Evaluate and develop new perspectives for analyzing, diagnosing, and managing interpersonal communication problems. prereq: 5402 or instr consent
COMM 8403 - Seminar: Emotion and Communication
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall, Spring & Summer
Major theories of emotion and the role of emotion in communication.
EPSY 8113 - The Psychology of Scientific Reasoning
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
Research at intersection of cognitive science, educational psychology, science education. What psychology tells us about how people think, reason, make decisions. Read empirical research that explores psychological processes that underlie scientific reasoning. prereq: 5114 or equivalent
EPSY 8132 - Personality Development and Socialization
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
Major research and theoretical work. Developmental and educational influences on personality. prereq: Personality or child psych course
IDSC 8721 - Behavioral Decision Theory
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Prerequisites: Business admin PhD student or #; offered alt yrs
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Traditional/current research. Major models/methodologies. Issues of preference, judgment, and choice under conditions of certainty/uncertainty. Seminar format. prereq: Business admin PhD student or instr consent; offered alt yrs
IDSC 8722 - Heuristic Decision Making
Credits: 2.0 [max 2.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall
How decisions are made, how knowledge is stored/used, how knowledge of variability/feedback influence decisions. Decisions at strategic, operational, individual level. Exceptional performance, pathologies of decision making. Basis for "best practice." How knowledge is managed in decisions, decision failure. Folly, normal accidents, decision problems in which individuals manipulate information to influence/deceive others. prereq: Business Admin PhD student or instr consent; offered alt yrs
JOUR 5251 - Strategic Communication Theory
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
This course is an introduction to psychologically-grounded concepts, theories and research and their applications for strategic communication. The course objectives involve comprehension and application of a range of psychological concepts and theories related to attitude development, susceptibility to message influence, and opinion formation and change. The course will provide opportunities to apply theoretical concepts to critically evaluate strategic communications (advertising, public relations, brand marketing, etc.) and to use psychological theory and research to inform the development of communication strategies. The course will examine how these theories help us understand communication processes in digital media environments, as well as how they inform relationship-building areas of strategic communication such as reputation and crisis management. The course will provide opportunities for students to apply concepts and theories to potential research for graduate degree capstone projects. Prereq: Strat Comm MA grad major
JOUR 5501 - Communication, Public Opinion, and Social Media
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Sharpen your understanding of public opinion and its role in political and civic life: What does it mean? Where does it come from? How is it measured? What impact does it have? How are the public's preferences shaped by the larger communications environment and the strategic messages of politicians, interest groups, and other actors in society? What are polls really measuring, and why do they seem so unreliable sometimes? How are social media technologies giving voice to new segments and dimensions of public opinion? But how are they vulnerable to manipulation from bots and other efforts designed to alter perceptions of collective opinions? Examine the theories of communication, psychology, political science, and sociology that underlie these dynamic questions. We?ll consider cutting edge approaches used by market researchers, political analysts, and data scientists to harness new forms of data about what the public thinks. We investigate theories that explain how people form their opinions, deliberate with others, change their minds, and reveal their preferences, and we apply these frameworks to understand contemporary public opinion issues and campaigns.
JOUR 8514 - Seminar: Advanced Mass Communication Theories
Credits: 3.0 [max 9.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Research paradigms, concepts, findings for developing general theory of mass communication. prereq: 8001
JOUR 8650 - Seminar: Psychology of Media Effects
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
In-depth study of psychological concepts/theories concerning individual cognitive processing of content of both traditional/new electronic media. Critically evaluate latest empirical research concerning how individuals respond to the content of both traditional mass media/newest electronic digital media. prereq: Grad students enrolled in Mass Communication MA or PhD program or instr consent
JOUR 8651 - Seminar: Mass Communication, Audiences, and Society
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Interplay between social theories/media studies. Pragmatism, structural-functionalism, Marxism, political economy, cultural studies, globalization. prereq: 8001 or 8002 or equiv
JOUR 8661 - Seminar: Mediated Political Communication in the Digital Age
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
Mediated political communication in the digital age. How news, advertising, and entertainment media shape political perceptions, motivate voters, and influence policy decisions. Agenda-setting, priming, and framing, networked communications, micro-targeting, and mobile technology.
JOUR 8681 - Seminar: International Media Perspectives
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Main problems/currents. Concepts, research, policy relevant to global development. Issues of freedom/constraint, media technology, role of journalism in world affairs.
LAW 6831 - Law, Race, and Social Psychology
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Periodic Fall
Study of how the law affects race and social psychology.
NSCI 5101 - Neurobiology I: Molecules, Cells, and Systems
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
This course discusses the basic principles of cellular and molecular neurobiology and nervous systems. The main topics include: Organization of simple networks, neural systems and behavior; how the brain develops and the physiology and communication of neurons and glia; the molecular and genetic basis of cell organization; ion channel structure and function; the molecular basis of synaptic receptors; transduction mechanisms and second messengers; intracellular regulation of calcium; neurotransmitter systems, including excitation and inhibition, neuromodulation, system regulation and the cellular basis of learning, memory and cognition. The course is intended for students majoring in neuroscience, but is open to all students with the required prerequisites.
PA 5012 - The Politics of Public Affairs
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall & Spring
Politics is how we make collective decisions about matters of shared consequence. This course examines politics and introduces students to key concepts and skills needed for effective political analysis. The central themes of the course focus on power; institutions and organizations; discourse; and citizenship.
PA 5301 - Population Methods & Issues for the United States & Global South
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: PA 5301/Soc 5511
Typically offered: Every Fall
Basic demographic measures/methodology. Demographic transition, mortality, fertility. Perspectives on nonmarital fertility, marriage, divorce, cohabitation. Cultural differences in family structure, aging, migration, refugee movements, population policies. Discussion of readings. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
PA 5401 - Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Nature/extent of poverty/inequality in the United States, causes/consequences, impact of government programs/policies. Extent/causes of poverty/inequality in other developed/developing countries. prereq: Grad or instr consent
PA 5421 - Racial Inequality and Public Policy
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: OPT No Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall & Spring
Historical roots of racial inequality in American society. Contemporary economic consequences. Public policy responses to racial inequality. Emphasizes thinking/analysis that is critical of strategies offered for reducing racism and racial economic inequality. prereq: Grad or instr consent
PA 5711 - Science, Technology & Environmental Policy
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Interplay of science, technology, the environment, and society. Approaches from across the social sciences will cover how science and technology can create new environmental pressures as well as policy challenges in a range of spheres from climate change to systems of intellectual property and international development.
PA 5801 - Global Public Policy
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Spring
This course explores the emergence and evolution of rules, norms, and institutions that constitute international relations. It will focus, in particular, on those related to questions of war, peace, and governance. For students with an interest in international security, foreign military intervention, democracy and governance promotion, and the political economy of aid.
POL 8302 - Public Opinion and Political Behavior
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Major theoretical perspectives/research on political participation, voting behavior, public opinion. Voter turnout, importance of party identification, effects of campaigns, long-term change in public opinion, designing/conducting research. prereq: Grad pol sci major or instr consent
POL 8402 - International Security
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Spring Odd Year
Introduction to contending theories of international conflict/security. prereq: Grad pol sci major or instr consent
POL 8641 - Comparative Mass Political Behavior
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Fall Even, Spring Odd Year
Examined from a cross-national perspective. Development of political participation, mobilization and its effects, development of political cleavages and political parties as vehicles of conflict, modes of political behavior under varied systems of representation and varied party systems. prereq: Grad pol sci major or instr consent
PSY 5014 - Psychology of Human Learning and Memory
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Spring Odd Year
Human memory encoding/retrieval. How we adaptively use memory. Brain systems that support memory. Episodic/semantic memory. Working/short-term memory. Procedural memory. Repetition priming. Prospective remembering. Autobiographical memory. prereq: 3011 or 3051 or honors or grad student
PSY 5101H - Honors: Personality: Current Theory and Research
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Spring Odd Year
Current theory and research on personality functioning and personality structure. Descriptive, biological, evolutionary, cognitive, developmental, cultural, and narrative perspectives on personality. prereq: Honors Psychology major OR Psychology PhD student
PSY 5202 - Attitudes and Social Behavior
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Spring
Theory/research on social psychology of beliefs/attitudes. Persuasion principles. prereq: 3201 or instr consent
PSY 5205 - Applied Social Psychology
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Spring Odd Year
Applications of social psychology research/theory to domains such as physical/mental health, education, the media, desegregation, the legal system, energy conservation, public policy. prereq: 3201 or grad student or instr consent
PSY 5207 - Personality and Social Behavior
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Psy 4207/Psy 5207
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Every Fall
Conceptual/methodological strategies for scientific study of individuals and their social worlds. Applications of theory/research to issues of self, identity, and social interaction. prereq: 3101 or 3201 or honors or grad student or instr consent
PSY 8203 - Impression Management
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered: Periodic Fall
Classic and contemporary theory and research concerning interpersonal strategies of impression management and interplay between private and public self. prereq: Grad psych major; 8208 recommended; instr consent
PSY 8204 - Social Psychology of Prejudice and Intergroup Relations
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F or Aud
Typically offered: Periodic Fall
Approaches, findings, and controversies in research on social psychology of prejudice, racial attitudes, and intergroup relations. Focuses on approaches based in social psychology and on related work from political science and sociology.
PSY 8205 - Principles of Social Psychology
Credits: 3.0 [max 15.0]
Typically offered: Every Fall
Contemporary theoretical positions and related research. prereq: Psy PhD student
PSY 8208 - Social Psychology: The Self
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Every Spring
Social psychological theory and research concerning the self and social behavior. prereq: Psych background especially in personality and soc psych
PSY 8210 - Law, Race, and Social Psychology
Credits: 3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies: Law 6831/Psy 8210
Grading Basis: A-F only
Typically offered: Periodic Fall
Interdisciplinary seminar. Scientific foundations for and legal implications of implicit (vs explicit) racial or gender bias in four socio-legal domains: criminal law, affirmative action, employment discrimination, and legislative redistricting. prereq: 2nd or 3rd yr law student or PhD student in social science doctoral program