The core objectives of this course are: to spark awareness of and appreciation for a subject at the crossroads of social interaction and individual identity; to provide an operational framework for using social psychology for generating insights into individual, intergroup and group phenomena and dynamics; to initiate students into the process of questioning and reflecting upon underlying psychosocial forces acting upon everyday life situations; to introduce students to the empirical methods used by social psychologists for extracting hidden meaning from commonplace social situations; and to provide students with conceptual methods and practical tools for managing daily social and psychological dilemmas.
分为六个不同的模块,涵盖了社会心理学学科的主要方面及其在当代现象中的应用, the course addresses: theoretical approaches and tools; self & identity; social influence; interpersonal relation船s & diversity; group behavior; and self-presentation. 在这些领域内, 学生将在跨文化的框架内从事对他们感兴趣的特定主题的实地研究.