对社会心理学的关注旨在培养对社会心理学理论和研究的扎实理解，包括研究如何应用于解决实际问题的含义。主要对学生进行学术/研究职业培训。社会集中度是一种学徒模式，学生可以在理论驱动的研究中与教师紧密合作。对学生进行概念性思考训练，并熟练掌握研究方法，统计学，学术著作，口头陈述和教学。在磨练自己的，独立的兴趣时，希望学生在系内任职期间继续参与研究。教师的研究兴趣包括定型观念和偏见，自我，身份，社会认知，政治心理学，意识形态和社会心理生理学。鼓励学生探索社会心理学与其他领域的交汇点
The Department of Psychology offers graduate study leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. degree in Psychological Sciences (including social, cognitive, and biological psychology). We believe that a quality graduate education involves a close working relationships between faculty and individual students. A high faculty-to-student ratio and small class size characterize our grThe concentration in Social Psychology aims to foster a solid understanding of theory and research in social psychology, including implications of how research may be applied to solve practical problems. Students are trained principally for academic/research careers.<br><br>The social concentration operates on an apprenticeship model where students work closely with faculty members on theory-driven research. Students are trained to think conceptually and to acquire proficiency in research methodology, statistics, scholarly writing, oral presentation, and teaching. Students are expected to be continually involved in research during their tenure in the department as they hone their own, independent interests.<br>Faculty research interests include stereotyping and prejudice, self, identity, social cognition, political psychology, ideology, and social psychophysiology. Students are encouraged to explore the intersection of social psychology with other areasaduate programs. In addition, each student works with at least one faculty member as a means of gaining valuable teaching, research and professional experience. There are many opportunities for individualized study and experience in research directed readings, and supervised teaching. A committee, representing the student's interests, assists in planning an appropriate graduate program for each student.<br><br>The concentration in Social Psychology aims to foster a solid understanding of theory and research in social psychology, including implications of how research may be applied to solve practical problems. Students are trained principally for academic/research careers. The social concentration operates on an apprenticeship model where students work closely with faculty members on theory-driven research. Students are trained to think conceptually and to acquire proficiency in research methodology, statistics, scholarly writing, oral presentation, and teaching. Students are expected to be continually involved in research during their tenure in the department as they hone their own, independent interests. Faculty research interests include stereotyping and prejudice, self, identity, social cognition, political psychology, ideology, and social psychophysiology. Students are encouraged to explore the intersection of social psychology with other areas.