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Course description

This course examines the concept of attitudes, the relationship between attitudes and behaviour, and the processes of attitude change, including persuasion. The course also focuses on central topics in the study of social cognition, including schemas, stereotypes, and attribution. The lecture component of the course reviews the major theories, research developments and methodological issues in the study of attitudes and social cognition. The course also has a practical component with mandatory 2 hour practicals where students are involved in the design and implementation of a project on attitude-behaviour relations.

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