Advanced Social Psychology

The course syllabus is structured as follows:

• Lesson One
  • Established Theories
    • What Makes a Good Theory?
    • Some Current Theories
    • History of Theorising
    • Behaviourism
• Lesson Two
  • Social Influence
    • Obedience - Milgram's Shocking Experiment
    • Compliance
    • Conformity
• Lesson Three
  • The Psychology of Organisations
    • Introduction
    • Psychometrics
    • Organisational Structure - Two Types (and Two Ways to Manage)
    • Conflict and Change in Organisations
• Lesson Four
  • Managing Deviance
    • A Solution that Became the Problem - the Old Asylums
    • In America
    • The New Policy for Mental Care
    • The Stanford Prison Experiment
• Lesson Five
  • Psychology and Social Structure
    • Introduction
    • Groundwork - Mainly Conceptual
    • Class
    • The Role of Education
    • Social Mobility
    • Notes
• Lesson Six
  • The Limits of Adaptation
    • Repetition in Our Environment
    • Harmful Exposure
    • Experimental Studies
    • Applied Psychology
    • Notes