PSY248: Psychology: Social Bases of Behaviour

This unit explores how we make sense of ourselves and others, and how individuals, groups and cultures influence our thoughts and behaviours. We will examine what social psychology can tell us about fundamental questions like "Who am I?" and "Why do people fall in love?", as well as "real-world" applications such as "Why are people cruel (and when will they be kind)?" In covering these topics, students will learn about major theories, methods and classic studies of social psychology.

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-internal
Contact Time	Lectures/tutorials/laboratories/seminars: 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites	PSY141 Introduction to Psychological Science OR PSY171 Introduction to Applications of Psychology OR PSY173 Introduction to Psychological Research Methods.
Exclusions	Students who have successfully completed PSY107 Introduction to Social Psychology may not enrol in this unit for credit.
School	School of Psychology
Unit Coordinator	Mr Paul Bain Position: Senior Lecturer - Psychology E-mail: P.Bain@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Social Sciences Room 2.027 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 7209
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Mr Paul Bain Senior Lecturer - Psychology (P.Bain@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 7209 Murdoch Campus Social Sciences Room 2.027 APMISIN T3A: Internal (07/09/2009 - 18/12/2009)   MURDOCH S2: Internal (03/08/2009 - 27/11/2009)   Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Ngaire Donaghue Senior Lecturer - Psychology (N.Donaghue@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 6450 Murdoch Campus Social Sciences Room 1.013 APMISIN T1A: Internal (12/01/2009 - 24/04/2009)   APMISIN T2A: Internal (11/05/2009 - 21/08/2009)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)