KPS124 Contemporary and Applied Social Psychology

The module focuses on various challenges that Social Psychology can help to address. Topics covered include attitudes and attitude change, prejudice and discrimination, aggression, conflict and conflict resolution, group behaviour, social psychology in politics, law and health. Social psychological research has discovered basic human tendencies, such as the tendency to conform to social norms, and has also produced a vast range of applied studies that assist to address urgent topics from a socio-psychological perspective.