Social Psychology
2026 Spring
Korea University
School of Psychology
General Description
• The purpose of this course is to provide a general overview of
social psychological perspectives and theories to explain
human thoughts and behaviors in social context.
• This course will provide both theoretical elaboration and
experimental evidence in social psychology in which human
social interactions are understood in terms of psychological
process.
• Topics: self, attitude, persuasion, social judgment, decision
making, conformity, obedience, group dynamics, aggression,
attraction, intimate relationship, helping, etc.
General Description
• Eventually, students are expected to have more complete and
elaborative understanding of human social behaviors in social
contexts and abilities to apply them to their own life in order to
improve their own well-being.
• Given with both academic and practical goals, students will
have a chance to apply research findings in social psychology
to some social issues in which Koreans’ psychological
mechanisms are involved in.
PEOPLE
• Professor: Taekyun Hur (허태균)
02)3290-2862
tkhur@korea.ac.kr
구법관 #316
• Office hour: Tuesday 17:00-18:00
or by appointment
Course Format
• Flipped class format
The schedule of In-class/Online classes will be flexibly
planned. So, the students must be available for all the class
times throughout the semester.
Course Format
• Traditional lecture & Discussion
• Theories, Research findings,
and details of Experiments
• Lecture cannot cover all the materials in the textbook…
BUT, both a careful reading of the text chapters as well
as consistent class attendance are STRONGLY
recommended.
Evaluation
• Mid-term exam (30%)
Multiple Choice & Short Essay
• Final Exam (50%)
Cumulative (+ long essay = 25%)
• Presentations & Term Paper (20%)
Team-project assignment
(application of Social Psychological Knowledge
to everyday life; get your own group of 8 persons)
Course Schedule
• Week 1 : Introduction (chapter 1)
• Week 2 : What is social psychology? (chapter 1)
• Week 3 : Self (chapter 2)
• Week 4 : Social judgment (chapter 3)
• Week 5 : Attitudes (chapter 4)
• Week 6 : Conformity (chapter 6)
• Week 7 : Persuasion (chapter 7)
• Week 8 : Mid-exam
Course Schedule
• Week 9 : Group Influence (chapter 8)
• Week 10 : Prejudice (chapter 9)
• Week 11 : Aggression (chapter 10)
• Week 12 : Attraction (chapter 11)
• Week 13 : Helping (chapter 12)
• Week 14 : Presentation
• Week 15 : Final Exam