GRADUATE SPECIALITY AREA – Social Psychology

WHY STUDY SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY?

Social Psychology studies the nature of social interaction and interpersonal relationships, examining how various social settings and individuals' roles are interconnected. It explores the factors that influence small group dynamics, such as work groups, study groups, youth societies, friend circles, teams, juries, and clubs. Social psychologists investigate how individuals' perceptions, belief systems, moralities, identities, and behaviors are shaped by their positions in social space—and, conversely, how these personal factors can influence social positions and broader structural arrangements.

Oklahoma State University faculty research interests include group processes, social exchange, social networks, sport and leisure, organizational behavior and change, adolescence and young adulthood, law and crime, social stratification, and community sociology.

FACULTY WITHIN THIS SPECIALITY AREA:

• DR. KATIE CONSTANTIN
• DR. NICHOLAS HEISERMAN
• DR. ASHLEY RAILEY
• DR. RACHEL SCHMITZ
• DR. MONICA WHITHAM
  

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY GRADUATE COURSES:

• SOC 5323: SEMINAR ON COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR & SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
• SOC 5990: INDEPENDENT STUDY
• SOC 6213: THEORY OF SOCIAL STRUCTURE
• SOC 6653: SEMINAR IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY*
• SOC 6853: SEMINAR IN SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM

* *REQUIRED COURSE