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Duration
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Prior study
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Start dates
- 31 Jul 2023
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Subject details
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- • Stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination.
- • Perceiving persons.
- • Attitudes and conformity.
- • Group processes.
- • Attraction and close relationships.
- • Helping others.
- • Aggression.
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
one ofand one of- LTU-PSY1PAC-Introductory Psychology: People and Culture
- LTU-PSY1PAC-Introductory Psychology: People and Culture
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
In this subject, students are introduced to a range of theories, methods and topics in social psychology. Social psychology is the scientific attempt to understand and explain how the thoughts, feelings, and behaviours of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of other human beings. The topics to be covered in this unit include attitudes, self and identity, person perception and social cognition, interpersonal attraction, social influence, prejudice, intergroup relations, and prosocial and antisocial behaviour.
- One 1-hour mid-semester examination. (25%)
- One laboratory report (1,500-word) (40%)
- One formative quiz on laboratory report materials (30 minutes) (10%)
- One 1-hour end of semester examination (25%)
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