Social Program
Chair: Janet Schofield, PhD
Application Deadline: December 1
The Social Program prepares students to make significant empirical and theoretical contributions to social psychology.
During their training, students:
- Become familiar with past and current work in the field
- Acquire methodological and statistical skills necessary for conducting sound research
- Become sensitive to ethical issues associated with conducting psychological research
A hallmark of the training program is its emphasis on research apprenticeship—throughout their graduate careers, students work closely with faculty on projects of mutual interest.
Faculty are leading investigators in both basic and applied areas of social psychology. Faculty research interests fall into three main categories:
- Group and intergroup processes
- Health psychology
- Cognitive processes underlying social behavior
Social Program Research Concentration
Faculty in the Social Program have specific research interests that provide broad coverage of topics within social psychology, including:
- Small Group Processes
- Intergroup Relations
- Social Support and Coping
- Health Behavior and Intervention
- Self-Evaluation Processes
Faculty and graduate students in the social psychology laboratory practice an experimental protocol.