Welcome to Social Psychology!

Hello and welcome to the blog! I use this blog to post relevant information for class, copies of the additional required readings for the class (to cut costs for you), links to interesting news stories, and as a central place for notes and the class discussion board. Feel free to respond to blog posts or post comments/thoughts on the class discussion board (link is to the left).

To the right is a picture of a statue in Tarragona, Spain. I was in Tarragona in 2002 and it was just one of the most peaceful places I've ever been. I thought this statue was fascinating- it is called Estatua Castellers and depicts a pyramid of people, with many holding each other up. Seemed appropos of Social Psychology and the basic premise that people are social animals who influence each other....