Department of Psychology, University of Virginia

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Introduction to Contemporary Social Psychology

By adrienne wood, PHd

This free resource is a curated collection of open-access materials designed to replace or complement a traditional textbook. The intended audience is lower-level undergraduates in Introduction to Social Psychology. Students will encounter Social Psychology’s foundational ideas and contemporary research by reading accessible articles written for both scientific and public audiences, listening to selected podcast episodes, watching videos, and engaging in online activities. Funding by an NSF CAREER Award (2145385), this is an ongoing project and instructors are encouraged to provide feedback or contribute materials and assignments.

Unit 1: what is social psychology?

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Unit 2: The causes of human sociality

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Unit 3: social cognition

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  • norms and morals

Unit 4: emotion

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Unit 5: social influence

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  • knowing who to learn from

unit 6 relationships

Unit 7: group and intergroup processes