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Behavior is situated
Social psychology asks how the same person can behave differently as roles, norms, audiences, and incentives change.
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01:830:321 · Psychology · School 01 — New Brunswick School of Arts and Sciences
Social Psychology studies social aspects of behavior, including socialization, communication, small-group interaction, attitudes and attitude change, social perception, and social conflict. Rutgers requires 01:830:101.
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SIRS · 3,295 responses · 2014–2025
Spring 2027
3 open in snapshot · 3 instructors
When it meets
Livingston, College Avenue
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MW 3:50 PM · College Avenue · 1 section · 1 open
TTh 3:50 PM · College Avenue · 1 section · 1 open
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4 units · topic sequence may vary by instructor
The course frames behavior as shaped by socialization, culture, interaction, and the situations people enter.
Students examine how people interpret others, communicate, form impressions, and make judgments in social settings.
The published course themes support a unit on attitudes, persuasion, conformity, and the processes that produce attitude change.
The course moves from individuals to small groups and social conflict, asking how interaction can produce coordination, tension, or change.
Social psychology asks how the same person can behave differently as roles, norms, audiences, and incentives change.
People infer intentions and traits from limited information, so social judgments can be efficient and biased.
Persuasion and social influence can shift attitudes, but the effect depends on message, person, and context.
Interaction produces norms, roles, leadership, conformity, and conflict that cannot be reduced to one individual.
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Ask what situation, role, norm, or group process could also be shaping the behavior.
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Track the study's design, boundary conditions, and how the course evidence supports the claim.
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Separate what people report believing from what they do under specific social conditions.
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Map roles, norms, communication, and power when analyzing a small-group outcome.
3 open · Livingston, College Avenue
| Section | Status | Instructor | Meeting | Campus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0116543 | Open | Kilianski | Monday 12:10 PM-1:30 PM at LSH A102; Thursday 12:10 PM-1:30 PM at LSH A102LSH A102 | Livingston |
| 0216544 | Open | Rob Foels | Monday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at VD 211; Wednesday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at VD 211VD 211 | College Avenue |
| 0316545 | Open | David Wilder | Tuesday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at VH 105; Thursday 3:50 PM-5:10 PM at VH 105VH 105 | College Avenue |
Historical student surveys
Teaching
4.34
Course quality
4.32
Response rate
36.2%
Coverage
56 offerings · 2014–2025
| Instructor | Offerings | Teaching | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Kilianski | 12 | 4.17 | 4.11 |
| Shana Cole | 7 | 4.89 | 4.86 |
| Rob Foels | 5 | 4.34 | 4.34 |
| Diana Sanchez | 4 | 4.35 | 4.35 |
| Rob Foels | 4 | 4.20 | 4.20 |
| David Wilder | 4 | 4.03 | 3.97 |
Catalog and planning context
Credits
3
Current campuses
Livingston, College Avenue
Current availability
3 open of 3
Catalog terms
Fall, Spring, Summer
Core codes
SOEHS
Loaded terms
6
((21:830:101 and 21:830:102) or (01:830:101))<em> OR </em> ((21:830:101 and 21:830:102) or (50:830:101))
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