PSK 532 - Evolutionary Social Psychology
THURSDAY 18:00 to 21:20 | G-404
The purpose of the course is to provide students with an organized knowledge of the theoretical and empirical issues involving evolutionary perspectives on social cognition, self, attitudes, interpersonal processes, mating strategies, violence and individual differences. Students will be required to read a combination of review chapters from edited books and primary research articles. Students in the course will take turns (twice during the semester) facilitating discussion for these articles and will choose the topics that they wish to oversee.
The primary goals of the course are to
- introduce the basic concepts and primary research in evolutionary social psychology
- produce a feasible research proposal on the desired topic relevant to course content
- develop a better understanding of the methodologies employed in studying evolutionary social psychology
- improve students’ writing, presentation, and discussion skills through course activities.