Syllabus

Course Code: PSY103(C)    Course Name: Social Psychology (i)

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Social Psychology: Nature, Historical background, Scope and New Perspectives.
Methods: Observation, Sociometry and Content analysis.
2 Socialization: Nature, Agents and Process: Theories: Psychoanalytic, Cognitive Developmental, Social learning and Ethological.
The Self: Development, Self-presentation, Self-serving Bias and Culture and Self.
3 Social Perception: Verbal and Nonverbal Communication, Attribution process, Impression formation.
Social Cognition: Social Inference, Emotional and Motivational biases, Schemas and Heuristics.
4 Attitude: Nature, Formation, Change and Consistency, and Measurement.
Prejudice and Discrimination: Nature, Sources, and Combating Prejudice.
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