纽约大学社会心理学博士课程提供社会心理学和社会行为科学研究方面的培训。为此，本课程提供了与了解个人，团体和组织中的人类行为有关的心理学理论，原理和研究方法的培训。从多层次的角度可以最好地理解社会行为。分析的重点级别通常涉及个人和情况，重点是在社交环境中驱动行为的认知，情感和动机过程。我们的多层次方法可能会在较高层次上研究这些过程如何受到政治，社会和组织因素的影响，在较低层次上如何受到神经和生理系统的支持。
The doctoral program in Social Psychology at New York University offers training in the scientific study of social psychology and social behavior. To this end, it offers training in the psychological theories, principles, and research methods relevant to understanding human behavior among individuals, groups, and organizations.Social behavior is best understood from a multi-level perspective. The focal level of analysis often concerns the individual and the situation, with an emphasis on the cognitive, emotional, and motivational processes that drive behavior in social contexts. Our multi-level approach may examined how these processes are shaped by political, societal, and organizational factors, at a higher level, and supported by neural and physiological systems, at a lower level.Our multi-level perspective is reflected in our methodologies. Students receive training in advanced quantitative methods and in a broad range of approaches such as behavioral experimentation, psychophysiology and cognitive neuroscience, big data (e.g., from social media), experience sampling, online data collection, dyadic measurement, computational modeling, and field studies, to name a few. Members of the program have access to fMRI, EEG/ERP, eye-tracking, and peripheral psychophysiology facilities housed within the Psychology Department.Finally, we are committed to connecting our research to the real world. Although our questions often focus on basic processes that drive social cognition and motivation, our broader goals are to understand real-life human behaviors and pressing societal issues and to contribute solid scientific knowledge to policy makers and human service providers.