雖然社會心理學是一門學術性的課程，探討的卻是再真實不過的人生實景。為什麼這個世界充滿偏見？為什麼人們在某些情況下會助人，而在另一些情況下又會攻擊別人？那些因素使人們陷入愛河，又為何變成有緣無份終致分手？這些人生百態，正是社會心理學急欲探索源頭真相的對象。
我們無論是獨處或跟別人同在一起，都屬於社會的一份子，也因此，我們的想法、感覺、與行為隨時都受人際互動網絡的影響，因為不管贊同與否，別人的想法與語言都會左右我們。人類是彼此互動的社會性動物，這當中並且糾纏著認知與情緒。有時候，我們的行為合乎邏輯；有時候，我們的行動魯莽衝動。亦即，每一個人都有理性的一面，也有感性的一面。社會心理學所探討的，正是這些心路歷程。
簡單的說，社會心理學探索人類的心靈運作，但聚焦在「社會的影響」。社會心理學可以定義為「探討人們的想法、感覺及行為，因其他人真實或想像之存在而受到影響的方式之科學研究」。社會心理學的內涵包括：個人自我認同感、對他人的知覺、關於社會世界的信念、對社會團體的從眾壓力，以及對有意義社會關係的追求等。社會心理學也幫助瞭解種種社會事件背後的故事與意涵，例如種族主義、愛情與人際關係、電視暴力、性騷擾、助人行為、領導統御等主題。學好社會心理學，同學們將在未來的人生裡，發現社會心理學對於其工作與生活提供非常大的幫助。
總之，社會心理學之主要目的為以科學的方式來探討人類的各項社會行為。本課程主要的探討內容為人們如何知覺其他人的行動以及各項社會情境、人們如何與他人互動、人們如何被社會情境所影響等相關議題。本課程將從上述觀念出發，介紹社會心理學各項理論及實務，建立學生對社會心理學研究的初步基本知識，並援引例證或議題，協助學生建立社會心理學議題之知識。並據以達成以下之目標：
Although social psychology is an academic course, what we explore is a real life scene. Why is this world full of prejudice? Why do people help others in some situations and attack others in others? Why do those factors cause people to fall into a river of love, and why does it become a desperate and ultimate breakup? These life experiences are the objects of social psychology who are eager to explore the truth.
We are all part of society, whether we are alone or with others. Therefore, our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are affected by the interactive network at any time, because no matter whether they agree or not, others' thoughts and languages will be affected by others' thoughts and languages. Let's take us. Humans are social animals that interact with each other, and they also involve knowledge and emotions. Sometimes, our behavior is logical; sometimes, our behavior is violent and violent. That is, everyone has a rational side and a emotional side. What social psychology explores is exactly these mental journeys.
Simply put, social psychology explores the spiritual movements of human beings, but focuses on "the influence of society." Social psychology can be defined as "scientific research that explores people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, which are affected by the real or imagined existence of others." The connotations of social psychology include: personal self-awareness, knowledge of others, beliefs about the social world, the pressure of social groups, and the pursuit of intentional social relations. Social psychology also helps to understand the stories and implications behind various social events, such as racism, love and human relations, television violence, sexual agitation, helping others, leadership and other topics. Learn social psychology well. In their future lives, students will find that social psychology provides great help to their work and life.
In short, the main purpose of social psychology is to explore various social behaviors of human beings in a scientific way. This course mainly explores the relevant topics of how people know other people's actions and various social situations, how people interact with others, and how people are influenced by social situations. This course will be developed from the above concepts, introduce various theories and practices of social psychology, establish students' preliminary basic knowledge of social psychology research, and cite examples or questions to help students establish knowledge of social psychology topics. And achieve the following goals:
透過課程講授與新聞時事、相關案例討論方式，使學生認識日常社會生活中人類社會心理行為反應、意義與影響因素，以增進學生理解與分析人類行為之能力。
Through the course, students can understand the reactions, meanings and influencing factors of human social psychological behavior in daily social life, so as to enhance students' ability to understand and analyze human behavior.
Elliot Aronson、Timothy D. Wilson nad Robin M. Akert著，余伯泉、陳舜文、危芷芬、余思賢等譯，2021(第十版)，《社會心理學》。台北：揚智。
By Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson nad Robin M. Akert, translated by Yu Boquan, Chen Shunwen, Wei Zhifen, Yu Siqin, etc., 2021 (10th edition), "Social Psychology". Taipei: Sharp wisdom.
| 評分項目 Grading Method | 配分比例 Grading percentage | 說明 Description |
|---|---|---|
| 上課出席與參與討論上課出席與參與討論 Attendance and Participation in the previous class |
15 | |
| 期中考期中考 Midterm exam |
25 | |
| 期末考期末考 Final exam |
25 | |
| 學習單學習單 Learning order |
20 |
