In this course, students undertake a scientific examination of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the perceived or real presence of other people (i.e., individual behavior and thought in social situations). Core areas of examination include social cognition (e.g., heuristics, schemata, and affect), social perception (e.g., emotion, attribution, and impression formation), social influence (e.g., conformity, compliance, obedience, and prosocial behavior), attitudes (including prejudice, discrimination, and stereotypes), and the self (e.g., self-concept, social comparison, and stereotype threat).