Abdul Wali Khan University - AWKUM

COURSE TITLE: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
COURSE CODE: SOC-204
CREDIT HOURS: 03
Course Objective:
The course aims at familiarizing the students with the historical emergence, concepts,
methods and theories of social psychology. It also focuses on highlighting the impact of
culture on the personality development. The course would enable the students to
conceptualize the dynamics and structure of social self.
Course Contents:
Introduction:
� Meaning and Definition of Social psychology
� Scope of Social psychology
� Historical development of social psychology
� Methods of social psychology
� Differences between psychology and social psychology
Social Relations:
� Prejudice
� Aggression
� Attraction
� Stereotypes and Discrimination
� Conflict
� Emotions
Psychological Explanation of Human Behavior:
� Explanation of Human behavior
� Psych-analytic theory
� Social- learning theory
� Cognitive theory
� Evolutionary theory.
Socialization and Personality Development
� Formal and Informal Agencies of Socialization
� Role of positive and negative socialization in personality development
� Types of Personality
� Socio- cultural determinants of personality development
� Theorists on Socialization and personality development.
� Sigmund Freud
� C.H. Cooley
� B. F. Skinner
� Erikson
� G. H. Mead.
Perception, Cognition, and Attitudes:
� Meaning and Definition of Perception
� Person perception
� Object Perception
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