This course examines the ways our social environment influences our thoughts and behaviors. The course will focus on how individuals think about, relate to and influence one another. Students will examine how we form our attitudes and judgments and how those attitudes and jusgements affect our behavior. Specific topics to be examined are: social roles, conformity, persuasion, group influence, prejudice, aggression, attraction, helping behavior, and conflict resolution. How all these phenomena impact our daily lives and our institutions will be discussed. This course is not interchangeable with SOC 254, also called Social Psychology.