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Psychological Sciences

Sandra Parsons

Teaching Professor

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Director of Pedagogy

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Average rating

3.6

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Difficulty

3.7

course-linked average

Courses

5

in seeded sections

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Research areas

Information Management in Decision-Making Groups (Information Pooling, Cognitive Centrality and Social Influence, Transactive Memory), Social Identities (Management of Threats to Social Identities, In-Group Competition and In-Group Threats, Intragroup and Intergroup Information Management, Cognitive Centrality and Group Identity)

Courses taught

PSYC 202

Intro To Social Psychology

Overview of topics in social psychology. Includes conformity and social influence, attitude formation and change, aggression, altruism, relationships, liking and loving, and prejudice and stereotyping, as well as applications to other disciplines (e.g. law, marketing, the workplace, etc.). Required for psychology majors.

PsychologyD13 credits
3.79.1hParsons, Sandra

PSYC 485

Ug Supervised Research

Supervised empirical research. Research paper required. Sponsorship by faculty member required. Recommended Prerequisite(s): PSYC 339, PSYC 340. Repeatable for Credit.

PsychologyNone1-6 credits
4.26.4hBeier, Margaret, Brossoit, Rebecca, Byrne, Michael, Chen, Jing, DeLucia, Pat, Denny, Bryan, Fagundes, Christopher, Fischer-Baum, Simon, Garcini, Luz, Hebl, Mikki, Hooge, Kim, Jordan, Danielle, King, Eden, Kortum, Philip, Lesane-Brown, Chase, Martin, Randi, Maynard, Mark, Nicolaou, Colette, Parsons, Sandra, Salas, Eduardo, Standen, Erin, Sun, Tianjun, Westmoreland, Kirsten

PSYC 488

Supervised Reading

Supervised reading of books and empirical papers on a topic of mutual interest to students and faculty. Term paper required. Sponsorship by faculty member required. Recommended Prerequisite(s): PSYC 339 and PSYC 340. Repeatable for Credit.

PsychologyNone1-6 credits
3.97.1hBeier, Margaret, Brossoit, Rebecca, Byrne, Michael, Chen, Jing, DeLucia, Pat, Denny, Bryan, Fagundes, Christopher, Fischer-Baum, Simon, Garcini, Luz, Hebl, Mikki, Hooge, Kim, Jordan, Danielle, King, Eden, Kortum, Philip, Lesane-Brown, Chase, Maynard, Mark, Nicolaou, Colette, Parsons, Sandra, Salas, Eduardo, Sun, Tianjun, Westmoreland, Kirsten, Zahn, Rachel

PSYC 550

Foundations Of Social Psyc

Review of theories of social psychology with an emphasis on current empirical research.

PsychologyNone3 credits
3.512.1hParsons, Sandra

PSYC 561

Teaching In Psychology

Assistance in the teaching of undergraduate and occasionally graduate courses in psychology. Repeatable for Credit.

PsychologyNone3 credits
3.211.3hBeier, Margaret, Brossoit, Rebecca, Byrne, Michael, Chen, Jing, DeLucia, Pat, Denny, Bryan, Fagundes, Christopher, Fischer-Baum, Simon, Garcini, Luz, Hebl, Mikki, Hooge, Kim, Jordan, Danielle, King, Eden, Kortum, Philip, Lesane-Brown, Chase, Maynard, Mark, Moore, Bart, Nicolaou, Colette, Parsons, Sandra, Salas, Eduardo, Standen, Erin, Sun, Tianjun, Westmoreland, Kirsten, Zahn, Rachel

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