PSY220S – Introduction to Social Psychology L9901 SUMMER 2020
Tuesday & Thursday 11-2pm
Course Delivery
ONLINE VIA QUERCUS: Lectures will be delivered as recorded content at latest, the night before class.
Students are expected to watch the lecture before live Zoom office hours Tuesday & Thursday at 11am. Midterms
will be conducted on Quercus during the first 2 hours of class time on the dates under Course Evaluation.
Contact Information
Instructor: Teaching Assistants:
Dr. Will Huggon Corey Loo
Office: Virtual Zoom (find the link on Quercus!) Victor Swift
Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 11am
Office Hours: Virtual – by appointment and
announcement. (Link on Quercus)
Course Description
An introduction and overview of psychological research as they pertain to social psychology. This will include such
concepts as Social Cognition and Emotion, Person Perception, Self-Justification, Altruism, Attitudes, Prejudice,
Conformity, Mass Communication, Propaganda, and Persuasion, Aggression, Liking, Loving, and Interpersonal
Sensitivity. This course will look at the important research in the area and examine the contemporary research
methodologies being used in social psychology. This course is designed to help further develop the ability to use
rigorous scientific method to examine social psychology.
Reading Material
Aronson, E. & Aronson, J. (2018). The Social Animal (12th Edition). MacMillan Higher Education.
Email:
E-mails need to come from an utoronto account. E-mails regarding class material should be directed to your TA,
who July choose to forward more difficult inquiries on to the Instructor. Students can expect a response to a
legitimate inquiry within 48 hours, not including weekends. If you don’t receive a reply in this time period, please
re-send your message. The course code (PSY220) should appear in the subject-heading of all e-mails, to prevent
messages from being discarded as spam. E-mail should not be seen as an alternative to meeting with the instructor
(or the TA). Nor should e-mail be used as a mechanism to receive private tutorials (especially prior to tests) or to
explain material that was covered in lectures you missed.
Course Evaluation
Midterm 1 (25%) Thursday, July 16th, 2020
Homework due Tuesday July 21st, 2020 (midnight)
Midterm 2 (25%) Thursday, July 30th, 2020
Paper (25%) Tuesday, August 4th, 2020 (midnight)(-5% per day late)
Midterm 3 (25%) Thursday, August 13th, 2020
Midterm Content:
All noncumulative lecture material and videos to date, assigned readings. Format: Multiple choice, short written.
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Tuesday & Thursday 11-2pm
Course Delivery
ONLINE VIA QUERCUS: Lectures will be delivered as recorded content at latest, the night before class.
Students are expected to watch the lecture before live Zoom office hours Tuesday & Thursday at 11am. Midterms
will be conducted on Quercus during the first 2 hours of class time on the dates under Course Evaluation.
Contact Information
Instructor: Teaching Assistants:
Dr. Will Huggon Corey Loo
Office: Virtual Zoom (find the link on Quercus!) Victor Swift
Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 11am
Office Hours: Virtual – by appointment and
announcement. (Link on Quercus)
Course Description
An introduction and overview of psychological research as they pertain to social psychology. This will include such
concepts as Social Cognition and Emotion, Person Perception, Self-Justification, Altruism, Attitudes, Prejudice,
Conformity, Mass Communication, Propaganda, and Persuasion, Aggression, Liking, Loving, and Interpersonal
Sensitivity. This course will look at the important research in the area and examine the contemporary research
methodologies being used in social psychology. This course is designed to help further develop the ability to use
rigorous scientific method to examine social psychology.
Reading Material
Aronson, E. & Aronson, J. (2018). The Social Animal (12th Edition). MacMillan Higher Education.
Email:
E-mails need to come from an utoronto account. E-mails regarding class material should be directed to your TA,
who July choose to forward more difficult inquiries on to the Instructor. Students can expect a response to a
legitimate inquiry within 48 hours, not including weekends. If you don’t receive a reply in this time period, please
re-send your message. The course code (PSY220) should appear in the subject-heading of all e-mails, to prevent
messages from being discarded as spam. E-mail should not be seen as an alternative to meeting with the instructor
(or the TA). Nor should e-mail be used as a mechanism to receive private tutorials (especially prior to tests) or to
explain material that was covered in lectures you missed.
Course Evaluation
Midterm 1 (25%) Thursday, July 16th, 2020
Homework due Tuesday July 21st, 2020 (midnight)
Midterm 2 (25%) Thursday, July 30th, 2020
Paper (25%) Tuesday, August 4th, 2020 (midnight)(-5% per day late)
Midterm 3 (25%) Thursday, August 13th, 2020
Midterm Content:
All noncumulative lecture material and videos to date, assigned readings. Format: Multiple choice, short written.
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