Social Psychology school training courses in Austin, TX (public, in-house or online)

This course is a study of social, group, and multicultural factors affecting individual behavior. Attention is given to the development of attitudes, leadership roles, group thinking, sources of conflict, altruism, attraction, effects of competition and cooperation, analysis and evaluation of propaganda techniques, and the influence of mass communication on social awareness and control.

This course covers the basic theoretical foundations and recurrent themes in social psychology, including attitudes, stereotyping, conformity, power, aggression, prosocial behavior, the social self, emotions, group dynamics, and inter-group relations. Emphasis is on recent empirical and theoretical developments and includes models of social cognition that are a focus of contemporary social psychological theories.
Topics and Objectives
Introduction to Social Psychology
Analyze the conce...

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Online courses are offered in 8-week terms 5 times a year to help you achieve your educational goals in a flexible and academically stimulating format.

Drawing from the disciplines of counseling psychology, this interdisciplinary major provides broad training in content and methodology on which a student can base the acquisition of applied skills. The degree examines the structure and function of counseling and psychology and the human activity within the context from the point of view of...

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Theory and research on the analysis of human conduct in social settings.