Other related topics covered include learning issues in training, training particular populations, and training and legal issues. Professional ethics, the delivery of services in organizations, and professional identity are also addressed in this course. An in-depth examination of the primary theories and research methodology used in Social Psychology. Students are responsible for leading seminar discussions focusing on such topics as Social Cognition, Attitude Formation, Persuasion, Prejudice and Discrimination, Social Influence, Social Interaction, Group Processes, and Applications of Social Psychology. Students are expected to apply course concepts to real-world situations and provide comprehensive analyses of the dynamics of the situations.
Students study major contemporary theorists and their models.
The course also focuses in greater depth on the principles of behavior acquisition and change, including social perception, cognition, and learning theory. An experiential course on the topics of communication, group goal structure, leadership, decision making, controversy, and conflict in small groups. Students work in small groups to develop and facilitate experiential group exercises illustrating these processes. The class operates as a human relations laboratory where course topics are experienced and analyzed through action learning. An in-depth study of the characteristics of organizations and the concepts of organization theory.