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The Psychology of Behavior with Others
Business & Technology - OLD Program
London, England
Dates: 1/19/17 - 5/21/17
The Psychology of Behavior with Others
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: London South Bank University
Location: London, England
Primary Subject Area: Psychology
Instruction in: English
Course Code: PSY_5_PBO
Transcript Source: TBD
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 4
Prerequisites: Introduction to Psychology, or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION
This module provides students with the opportunity to explore a number of the major concepts, theories and methods encountered in understanding how and why we behave in the ways we do when in the presence of other humans. The focus of this module is to understand what psychologists have contributed to understanding our social behaviors according to the real, imagined or implied presence of other individuals. The module focuses on those approaches that have been used to examine a whether we are social beings and why, b what the ?social? brain looks like, c how social behaviors develop across the lifespan, d which mechanisms have been used to explain how we interact with the implied, real or imagined presence of others, e how culture affects our social interactions, and f how group membership affects our social behaviors.