Short Course Description
This course will present the main questions, approaches, and theories in the field of social psych.
Will touch upon topics such as: the self, the processes of understanding and explaining the social world, emotion, attitudes, social influence.
We will see how empirical research tries to address philosophical questions such as: what makes humans unique?, what motivates people? when and why do people act morally? to what extent can we arrive at truth about the world? to what extent are we free?
The course and exam will be held in English.
The book for the course is:
Gilovich, T., Keltner, D., Chen, S., & Nisbett, R. (2018). Social Psychology. (5th ed.). New York: W. W. Norton.
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