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Overview

Humans are social beings. Our relationships with other people impact on our identities, motivations, emotions, and collective wellbeing. This topic investigates social-psychological theory and research that helps us to understand ourselves, our social world, and drivers of social change. This has implications for social interventions, community programs, and social policy. … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Aims

This topic aims to produce graduates that:

  • Comprehend key concepts and theories, methods and findings from social psychology and distill the theoretical and empirical approaches that have shaped the field.
  • Combine knowledge from across traditions within social psychology to understand motivation of human behaviour and processes of social change.
  • Discuss sensitive social issues with awareness of others and personal reflexivity.
  • Apply theoretical and empirical insights to real-world issues.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
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Explain key concepts and theories, methods and findings from social psychological research
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Apply theoretical and empirical insights from social psychology to real-world issues
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Critically analyse the social psychological determinants of human behaviour and social change
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Practice reflexivity when discussing sensitive social topics, especially with an awareness of the beliefs and values of both yourself and others

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Assumed knowledge

Basic knowledge of social psychology and understanding of methodological principles and statistics in psychology.