Courses

Social Relationships Across Development

This course explores how the function and importance of different types of social relationships (i.e., parent-child, peer, and romantic relationships) change across the course of development from infancy through adolescence. In particular, the course covers how various social relationships play a role in shaping who we are and how we move through the world. The course is broken into three segments: Infancy-Preschool, Childhood and School-Age Years, and Adolescence. Each segment of the course begins with grounding our understanding of how each type of relationship functions and looks like at that stage of development. Then the course dives into how these social relationships can impact youths’ developmental outcomes (e.g., socioemotional development, academic functioning). Students in this course have the opportunity to connect course content to their personal experiences, gain skills in communicating scientific information for various audiences, as well as develop their writing and presentation skills through course content, activities, and assignments.

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Social Psychology

This course is an introduction to the scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave when in the presence of other people, as well as how individuals’ thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are affected by other people. Topics include the self-concept, social perception, stereotyping and prejudice, persuasion and attitude change, conformity, group behavior, close relationships, prosociality, and aggression.

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