应用心理学为增进生活和解决社会问题创造了理解和解决方案。在我们的研究中，我们使用科学来产生知识，以指导行动并在日常生活的背景和环境中制定政策。我们将问题带到种族，阶级，性别，文化，年龄和残疾状况各异的社区，企业和非营利组织，学校和家庭。这使我们的科学不仅经常与国内外其他研究人员合作，而且还与生活和工作环境中的人们合作。通过合作，我们努力让社区合作者使用和维持我们共同学习的知识。<br> <br>应用社会心理学领域的学生学习对自我，人际关系，群体间关系和社会认知的社会心理学理解。这些核心社会心理学理论和过程
Students in the Applied Social Psychology area study social psychological understandings of the self, interpersonal relations, intergroup relations, and social cognition. These theoretical foundations in core social psychological theories and processes serve as a basis that guides their integrative applied research. We follow a full-cycle social psychology model with basic research informing applied social problems. Our curriculum was developed to provide students with strong theoretical and methodological perspectives. In particular, the purpose of our substantive courses is to examine contemporary social issues, as they occur in their varied social contexts, while considering the appropriateness and relevance of social psychological theory. We consider theoretical approaches from a multilevel perspective, incorporating theory related to self (intrapersonal), interpersonal relationships, intergroup relationships and phenomena. We simultaneously highlight successful examples of applied psychology in health, environment, organizations, and legal and criminal justice systems, to name a few. Integrative to our coursework is an appreciation and thoughtful engagement of diversity.