SOC 5210 - Social Psychology of Emotions

An examination of human emotions as they relate to thinking, motivation, and social action. Emphasis will be given to the ways in which emotions signal the importance of social events for the individual self, the role of group norms in defining situationally appropriate emotional feeling and expression, the management of emotions, and the ways that emotions function as both determinants and consequences of patterns of interpersonal activity.

Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: SOC 3200 and nine hours of other upper-level (3000- or 4000 level) sociology courses.

Credits: 3 hours

Notes: Open to Upperclass and Graduate students.